Beam Announces a New Iridium®-Based
Piracy Solution for Secure Maritime Communication
Melbourne, Australia, June
19, 2012 -- Beam Communications Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of World
Reach Limited (ASX: WRR), announces a new satellite piracy solution for Iridium-based,
secure communications on board a vessel.
Beam’s
new PotsDOCK Extreme Covert Piracy Solution utilizes the Iridium Extreme®
satellite handset and the Beam Covert Antenna system to provide a dedicated
system for a safe room or citadel on board a vessel. The system ensures that
essential communications on board the vessel, such as the ability to alert
authorities in the event of a piracy attack, can be maintained even if all power or communication equipment
has been cut off or destroyed by pirates.
The
system couples the Iridium Extreme handset and the Beam Extreme PotsDOCK to provide
the captain and crew with access to voice communications, tracking and alert
functionality from the system. In the event of an attack, an alert can be
raised and the vessel can be tracked immediately.
“As
a catalyst for the new and innovative products that our partners bring to the
maritime market – especially when it comes to addressing crew safety – we
admire the Beam
PotsDOCK Extreme Covert Piracy solution,” said Greg Ewert, executive vice president, global distribution
channels, Iridium. “It not only works everywhere off the global, reliable Iridium communications network,
but it is specially designed to enable connectivity for vessels in dangerous
situations.”
“Over
the past 18 months we have seen an increasing demand for Beam’s piracy
solutions with the total number deployed getting close to 500 units,” said
Michael Capocchi, managing director, Beam Communications. “Safe and secure communication is extremely important
for addressing the growing concern of piracy attacks on both commercial and
leisure vessels. Beam specializes in anti-piracy communication solutions
developed for the marine market and are certainly meeting these needs.”
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