As well as maritime connectivity, another of Telecom26’s core services is IoT connectivity for freight vehicles travelling over-land.

Our team of maritime connectivity experts are busy preparing for SMM, the leading international maritime trade fair which will take place in Hamburg, Germany from 6 to 9 September.

As part of our occasional blogs on the people who are building Telecom26, in July we found out more about the work of Telecom26’s International Roaming Manager, Pietro Cotino. In this blog we introduce Cristian Apostol.

Our team of maritime connectivity experts have long been focused on the needs of the commercial shipping sector. In June we celebrated The Day of the Seafarer, by having another deep dive into our maritime connectivity portfolio.

The Golden Globe race starts in September and will be keenly followed by our team of maritime connectivity experts.  Described as the most dangerous sailing race in the world, this is actually only the third time the race has been held.  The first in 1968-9 was won by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston who consequently became the first person to sail single handed and non-stop around the world. His voyage lasted just over ten months.

In recent blogs we have looked at how and why connectivity is still key to the success of IoT networks – and discussed how operators need to be able to detect unauthorised devices in a state of permanent roaming on a network in order to effectively monetise IoT traffic.