The welfare of crews on-board commercial vessels is a subject that our maritime connectivity team has discussed before especially during COVID.  This recent piece in The Financial Times The plight of ship crews stranded at sea says that “When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, more than 300,000 commercial seafarers were left stranded on their ships well past the expiry of their contracts, because virus control measures and travel restrictions prevented crews from being rotated. Part of the problem then was the length of time it took many countries to classify them as “key workers” in spite of the fact that their work was, quite clearly, key”.

Obtaining aerial footage of ongoing emergency situations such as fires and traffic accidents has just got easier thanks to a partnership between two Swiss companies, Telecom26 and Fotokite.  

As predicted in earlier blogs, 5G has been centre stage at this week’s Mobile Congress.  In this article in telecoms.com “HPE: 4G was all about consumer…5G is all about enterprise”, the writer reports that “when it comes to 5G, all the action is in the enterprise space” with “big tech (or the wider tech industry, however you want to phrase it) …becoming increasingly intertwined with the telco sector”.

As eSIMs continue to replace physical SIMs, Telecom26 and Trasna today announced that they have developed the industry’s most comprehensive eSIM management solution which enables router manufacturers to offer their customers an efficient and user-friendly way to manage their eSIMs on their existing SIM-based devices.

Our team is working hard on our IoT router portfolio with strong relations with Teltonika and Celerway.  For most of our customers, only one IoT router is needed to serve a location and customers receive the IoT router with the SIM inserted and ready for immediate deployment. For those with higher highbandwidth requirements double SIM IoT routers are also available. 

21 February 2023 – As eSIMs continue to replace physical SIMs, Telecom26 and Trasna today announced that they have developed the industry’s most comprehensive eSIM management solution which enables router manufacturers to offer their customers an efficient and user-friendly way to manage their eSIMs on their existing SIM-based devices.

We are a maritime mobile operator and providing always-available voice and data connectivity and nearshore connectivity for vessels of all shapes and sizes is one of Telecom26’s core services. 

With Mobile World Congress (MWC) just around the corner, our global connectivity team is busy setting up appointments – and our marketing team preparing the various demos for our product developments. Telecom26 is a full member of the GSMA (which organises MWC) and will be within the Swiss Pavilion in Hall 5.

The capabilities of our Global SIMs are of increasing interest to organisations of all sizes particularly those in the UK where high roaming charges are an issue with Brexit leading to “almost all the big mobile phone companies, including EE, Sky Mobile, Three and Vodafone reintroducing EU roaming charges”.