In response to the growing demand for high performance maritime satellite communication, Furuno, maritime communication and navigation systems’ supplier, has announced the establishment of Furuno Broadband Service Center (FBS).

FBS will be located at Furuno Danmark A/S in Copenhagen and will be responsible for the development, expansion and maintenance of maritime satellite communication activities including marketing, support and traffic accounting for maritime satellite communication systems that include Inmarsat and Vsat systems. It will be the coordination center for all Furuno subsidiaries, national distributors and clients in EMEA and North America providing airtime and coordination support.

The new service center focuses on the core areas vital for reliable maritime broadband connectivity including: tailored system solutions, least cost routing, airtime, compression utilities for optimization of bandwidth, trench settings, white and black listing of Web pages, onboard GSM solutions, etc. FBS will offer consulting, educational seminars and sales support.