Stratos acquires assets of Blue Ocean Wireless

 

Stratos, a global provider of advanced mobile and
fixed-site remote communications solutions, announced it has purchased most of
the operational assets of Blue Ocean Wireless (BOW).

 

BOW was a provider of shipboard GSM services that enabled
crewmembers to use their personal GSM phones to communicate with family and
friends by voice and SMS.

 

As part of the acquisition, Stratos
assumes responsibility for providing services to most of BOW’s customers,
including many large commercial shipping companies worldwide.

 

Since July 1, BOW customers have been receiving invoices
directly from Stratos. Stratos will continue to market and sell BOW’s services
to existing and new customers, under the new brand GSM Oceanwide.

 

Stratos has a strong reputation for providing ship
managers with innovative crew-communications solutions, to support the
recruitment and retention of well-trained seafarers. Increasingly, crew members
are demanding the communications capabilities they have onshore, including the
use of their own mobile devices for SMS and voice calling.

 

Stratos offers a variety of crew-welfare services to meet
these needs, including GSM Oceanwide, prepaid Stratos ChatCards and AmosConnect
Crew. Stratos also offers a wide range of value-added services to help ensure
that shipmanagers achieve optimal performance, management control and cost
efficiency of their crew-communications solutions.

 

“Today, more than ever, savvy shipmanagers
understand that offering a wide range of communications options is critical to
attracting and retaining qualified crewmembers,” said Jim Parm, president
and CEO of Stratos.

 

“Each day we work with these shipmanagers to ensure
they can offer advanced voice, private email, and SMS services that are
powerful, easy to use and available away from the bridge. Our acquisition of
the BOW assets improves our ability to offer affordable GSM services to our
global customer base,” Parm added.

 

By Telecomlead.com Team
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