Princess Cruises Signs With Maritime Telecommunications Network ToProvide Telecommunications Service to the Grand Princess
MIAMI, Feb. 2 -- Princess Cruises and Maritime
Telecommunications Network (MTN) signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar
agreement selecting MTN as the communications provider for the Princess fleet,
including their newest addition -- The Grand Princess. The Grand Princess
will be the largest Cruise Ship in the world and will require the innovative
C-Band communications equipment that MTN can provide.
The Grand Princess will have a circuit that is twice the size of most ships
today and will double her communications capacity. Passenger telephone
availability will double along with ship data and administration capacity. "We
are pleased to provide the Grand Prince's and the Princess fleet with our
newest communications technology," said Douglas Falk, President of MTN.
The Grand Princess will also have the added benefit of live video broadcast
capability. Princess Cruises has used this service many times in the past 4
years to broadcast news media events featuring past stars of "The Love Boat"
television show. MTN, a subsidiary of ICG Satellite Services (ICGSS), is the
only communications provider to currently supply the maritime industry with
compressed digital video and audio telecommunications capabilities.
"We chose to expand our relationship with MTN because our newest ship, the
Grand Princess, requires advanced communications technology. The MTN system
meets both our technology requirements today as well as our anticipated
requirements as we grow an demand more voice, data and video broadcast
capabilities," said Rick James, Senior Vice President of Sales and Corporate
Relations of Princess Cruises.
A leader in worldwide communications, MTN is the major provider of C-Band
voice, fax an data communications to the cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, and
to offshore oil and gas platforms around the world. ICG Satellite Services,
Inc. is a division of ICG Communications, Inc., headquartered in Englewood, CO
(Nasdaq: ICGX)

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