November 9, 2011
Matt Wasicsko
Manager of Business Partner Relations
1+954-883-2425
matthew.wasicsko@cellularatsea.com
 Mr
Benson Chao
Corporate Communications & PR
Tel: (852) 2378 5944 / 5322 1038
Fax: (852) 2957 4622
benson.chao@gentinghk.com
PRESS RELEASE
Hong Kong – (November 9, 2011) – Star Cruises, the world’s third
largest cruise line, and Wireless Maritime Services (WMS), the world
leader in providing cellular service to the cruise line and ferry
industry, today jointly announce the launch of wireless services
onboard Star Cruises’ ships in Asia. This follows the signing of a
multi-year agreement between the two companies to provide cellular
wireless services to guests and crew members on SuperStar Virgo,
SuperStar Libra, SuperStar Aquarius and Star Pisces.
Starting from today, passengers and ship crews on SuperStar Aquarius
can stay connected with friends and families while cruising to various
destinations in Asia Pacific. The service enables them to make and
receive telephone calls, send text messages, access emails and surf
the internet at rates similar to international roaming. The service
will be rolled out gradually on the other three vessels.
Mr Kenny Ng, Senior Vice President, Information Technology, Genting
Hong Kong, “We are pleased to work together with Wireless Maritime
Services to provide quality mobile services for our cruise passengers
and ship crews. As a leading cruise line in Asia Pacific, Star Cruises
continues to enrich our passengers’ cruising experience with
value-adding technologies as well as new travel products.”
He continued, “The new mobile service onboard lets passengers stay
connected to share their holiday joy with friends and families while
having fun cruising with us. This service comes in good time with the
launch of our new Sanya-Vietnam cruise starting this month. Passengers
of this inaugural cruise will be the first to experience this marriage
of convenience and travel pleasure.”
Mr. Jim McKenna, Vice President of Customer Support and Product
Management for WMS, said, “We are truly delighted that Star Cruises
has partnered with WMS to provide cellular service to both guests and
crew on SuperStar Virgo, SuperStar Libra, SuperStar Aquarius and Star
Pisces. Star Cruises is an award-winning cruise line leader that
creates terrific cruise experience for their guests, and we’re honored
to be a part of the communications element of that experience.”
“While every customer of ours is a valued partner, the start of our
relationship with Star Cruises is especially exciting as it represents
a significant expansion by WMS into the Asia Pacific region. We have
long had a strong advantage with roaming agreements with hundreds of
telecommunications carriers around the world—including our agreement
with China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile phone operator-- and we
look forward to leveraging these resources for the benefit of Star
Cruises and all of their passengers throughout Asia.”
WMS services allow guests and crew members traveling onboard the Star
Cruises ships to use their cell phones as they currently do on land
while the ships are at sea. Connectivity is activated when the ship
leaves port and turned off when in range of land-based providers. WMS
provides uninterrupted service to guests and crew so they can stay in
touch with family, friends or business associates back home while they
enjoy the experiences of their cruise.
About Star Cruises
Star Cruises, together with Norwegian Cruise Line, is the third
largest cruise operator in the world that owns a combined fleet of 18
ships visiting over 200 destinations in the world, offering
approximately 35,000 lower berths.
The fleet cruises to over 200 destinations and islands in
Asia-Pacific, North and South America, Hawaii, Caribbean, Alaska,
Europe, Mediterranean and Bermuda.
Star Cruises is represented in more than 20 locations worldwide with
offices and representatives in Hong Kong, Australia, China, India,
Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines,
Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the
United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam.
For more information, please visit Star Cruises website
http://www.starcruises.com.
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.
With service onboard more than 130 ships around the globe, 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. www.cellularatsea.com “In our journey to
provide cellular service at sea, we charted our course to cover the
world”
“In our journey to provide cellular service at sea, we charted our
course to cover the world.”
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