New RAS Extend Marine system brings powerful
cost-effective wireless
communications to marine
fleet
TORONTO, May 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Redline Communications
(www.rdlcom.com) Group Inc. (TSX: RDL), a leading provider of
mission-critical wireless networks, announced that it has received
a $1.6 million contract to deliver a
marine communications network based on the recently announced RAS
Extend Marine product.
The customer, a government organization whose ships are used to
patrol the waters of its country's coastline to ensure the safety
of its citizens, will be using the Redline network to enhance its
high speed communications capabilities within 80 kilometers of its
shoreline where the fleet spends the majority of its time. With
their Redline network, ships within 80 km of shore can be connected
cost-effectively, giving them real-time coverage of maritime
borders and a holistic view of all ships for wide area fleet
tracking, sensor integration, support for prevention operations,
and even Internet access for crews.
Designed initially for communications between offshore oil
drilling platforms and the many ships that service those platforms,
The RAS-Extend Marine is a wireless broadband networking system
designed to connect moving assets in remote locations over sea,
automatically locating and connecting to a network base station,
which can be located on a ship, platform or shore. Because it can
maintain reliable high speed connectivity, RAS-Extend Marine can be
used for a wide range of applications at the same time — including
high-speed data, high-resolution video, Wi-Fi, telephony, satellite
communications extension, and backhaul services.
This customer had been actively involved in the initial field
trials of this new product and was impressed with the performance
of the product, which consistently delivered higher throughput over
longer distances than originally expected. A documented
account of their field trial experience can be found on the Redline
blog, and other trials of this product by oil and gas operators are
ongoing.
"With the type of performance that the RAS Extend Marine system
delivered to this customer, terrestrial wireless is a very viable
alternative to satellite, exceeding its capacity performance with
lower latency and no usage fees," stated Bojan Subasic, vice president of research and
development at Redline. "This has the potential to reduce
communications costs significantly for marine applications
including communications among ships and offshore drilling
platforms, communications among ships in harbors, and for naval
organizations that patrol coastal waters."
The deployment of the network is expected to start immediately
with full deployment expected by the end of 2014.
About Redline Communications
Redline Communications is
the creator of powerful wide-area wireless networks for the most
challenging applications and locations. Used by oil and gas
companies to manage their assets, militaries for secure battlefield
communications, municipalities to remotely monitor highways,
utilities and other infrastructures, and telecom service providers
to deliver premium services, Redline's powerful and versatile
networks reliably and securely deliver voice, data, M2M and video
communications for mission-critical applications. For more
information visit www.rdlcom.com.
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SOURCE Redline Communications Group Inc.