September 27, 2011
Matt Wasicsko
Manager of Business Partner Relations
954-883-2425
954-447-6837
matthew.wasicsko@cellularatsea.com
PRESS RELEASE
Miramar, FL – (September 27, 2011) – Wireless Maritime Services
(WMS), the world leader in providing cellular service to the cruise
line and ferry industry, is continuing its strategy of aggressive
expansion into the Asia Pacific cruise and ferry market by
establishing a sales presence in Hong Kong. WMS will also be
exhibiting at the Cruise Shipping Asia trade show in Singapore, the
premier regional industry trade show, in November.
In the wake of signing a long-term contract to provide service to a
major cruise line in Asia, WMS Director of Sales, Dr. Clive Poole is
now based in Hong Kong for the remainder of 2011, with the aim of
identifying additional Asia Pacific cruise and ferry lines that can
benefit from the range of services and expertise that WMS provides.
"WMS is already the most powerful force in the global maritime GSM
business, with over 140 ships under contract, mainly in Europe and
North America. The contract we have just signed with a major Asian
cruise line now also makes us the biggest player in the rapidly
growing Asia Pacific maritime GSM market. We intend to build on this
success and consolidate our position as the leader in this business,
globally." says Dr. Poole.
Roaming agreements are critical in this industry, and WMS has over 500
roaming agreements with partners including giants like AT&T, Vodafone,
T-Mobile, O2, and Verizon Wireless. The depth and breadth of these
roaming agreements, along with the wholesale pricing advantage that
WMS enjoys, allows the company to provide its cruise and ferry line
partners with superior revenues. Of particular importance for WMS and
its Asia strategy is the fact that WMS has a roaming agreement with
China Mobile—the largest mobile telecommunications carrier in the
world in terms of numbers of subscribers. No other maritime GSM
service provider in the industry other than WMS has such a roaming
agreement with China Mobile.
As part of its Asia Pacific growth strategy, WMS will also be
exhibiting at the Cruise Shipping Asia trade
show at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore from November 16th to 18th,
2011, where they can be found at booth number A8. At this trade show,
WMS will be announcing further detail surrounding its new business
partnership with one of the largest cruise lines in Asia.
Serving the industry since February 2004, Florida-based WMS is at the
forefront of the cruise and ferry communications sector. The company
provides service to more cruise ships than any other player in the
world, including all major cruise lines such as Carnival, Holland
America, Seabourn and AIDA, NCL and Disney Cruise Lines, as well as
the Royal Caribbean family of brands (Royal Caribbean International
including their two largest ships in the world, the Oasis and Allure,
Celebrity, Azamara and Pullmantur). Based on this ship count, on any
given day, WMS provides services to nearly a quarter of million people
on the high seas when considering double berth passenger counts and
crew members.
WMS provides cellular phone at sea service onboard cruise ships and
ferries. The WMS network allows phone calls, text messaging, and
Internet access. Its wireless network is supported on land by CDMA and
GSM backbones; at sea it uses VSAT equipment as well as CDMA and GSM
support.
In addition to GSM and CDMA phone services, WMS also provides GPRS and
EDGE data connectivity on the high seas, enabling smart phones to surf
the web and access email. Depending on the vessel, EDGE speeds on GSM
data and 1XRTT speeds on CDMA data are available. WMS is also the only
player in the industry with EVDO (the CDMA 3G equivalent) data
technology in place on select ships, with service availability subject
to roaming agreements.
About Wireless Maritime Services
Wireless Maritime Services (WMS), is the world leader in providing
maritime cellular phone service to the cruise line and ferry industry.
The company specializes in cellular at sea communications, including
voice, text messaging, email and web browsing. WMS technology allows
cruise line and ferry passengers and crew to stay in touch with
friends, family or business while at sea.
“In our journey to provide cellular service at sea, we charted our
course to cover the world.”
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