Xantic Makes Internet Via Satellite Faster
Xantic announced the launch of Easy Accelerator, an application designed to make browsing the internet via satellite faster and cheaper than ever before. Available free of charge from Xantic’s website, Easy Accelerator optimizes internet and intranet usage by reducing the size of the selected web page content. A proxy computer located at a Land Earth Station ‘downsizes’ pictures, for example, by up to 80 percent, depending on the settings chosen. Audio files and text can also be reduced. As a result, browsing is much faster and the user’s satellite costs can be decreased by as much as 90 percent. Inmarsat has co-financed the development of this new service.
CSM Renews Contract with Teamtalk
TEAMtalk Satellite has renewed its contract with Columbia Ship Management for the provision of its prestigious communications software package, Super-Hub Professional, to the entire CSM-managed fleet. Following enhancements to the Super-Hub products earlier in the year, the Professional package is now available with a web-based message tracking system, called Super-Hub Performer, which allows clients to access and monitor all message traffic information. The monitoring feature of Performer is one of the new additions to the service, which enables a large organisation, such as CSM to manage its operation more efficiently. Super-Hub Professional also provides all the standard features required for ship-shore communications…
