[SatNews] This Company's technology is now onboard for a research expedition...

MTN Satellite Communications and ERZIA have installed MTN’s Rapid Deployment System (RDS), the fastest and most reliable mobile VSAT communications solution designed specifically for the maritime industry, on the Spanish research vessel BIO Hesperides. Installed in just one day, the RDS guarantees complete communications connectivity no matter the location or conditions as it travels across the Pacific from Sydney, Australia to Cartagena de Indias in Columbia for the Malaspina expedition. The Marina Malaspina Expedition is led by the CSIC and mainly financed by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, performed in memory of the Alessandro Malaspina voyage (1789-1794). The main objective is to develop a high-resolution inventory of the global change’s impact on ocean ecosystems and exploring their biodiversity, particularly in the deep ocean. As it approached the final segment of the expedition across the Pacific Ocean, the vessel required a temporary broadband satellite communications solution that could be installed within a day. The MTN/ERZIA team was able to fulfill the requirements on time given their previous experience providing support for the BIO Sarmiento de Gamboa. The RDS solution enables offshore energy vessels to quickly establish voice and data communications using a temporary turnkey Ku-band satellite connection and VSAT equipment, delivering “Always On – Always Available” broadband communications. The RDS is designed to provide quality VSAT communications on a temporary basis to vessels that require consistent and constant remote access to global broadband.