Inmarsat sees China maritime revenue rise

Satellite communications firm Inmarsat’s China maritime business will grow by 8 percent annually for the next few years amid strong demand for satellite phones and systems.

London-based Inmarsat, whose constellation of satellites covers more than 85 percent of the globe, expects strong demand from China’s export and fishery sectors, told Lisa Wagner, head of enterprise business. Satellite systems can help extend the boundaries of wireless networks to areas with unreliable, insecure or non-existent telecoms infrastructure, such as at sea or in remote land areas. These applications can also help fishing vessels communicate among themselves via encrypted messages. Inmarsat, which started in 1979 as an inter-governmental organisation to provide safety and distress communications for the maritime community, makes about 60 percent of its revenue from its maritime business.
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