Princess Cruises Gets Access to Satellite-Based Communications

Princess Cruises, Carnival Corporation brand (NYSE:CCL,NYSE:CUK), has expanded its connectivity partnership with SES (PAR:SESG,LuxSE:SESG) to become the first global cruise ship fleet with early access to SES’s O3b mPOWER network augmenting the Princess MedallionClass experience.

As quoted in the press release:

SES is enabling global, high-performance connectivity to Princess Cruises using its hybrid medium earth orbit (MEO) and geostationary (GEO) network. The combination of the globally-deployed Princess MedallionClass ships, the Ocean Guest Experience “Cloud Connected” Platform and SES’s multi-constellations satellite network not only creates unmatched and ubiquitous global Wi-Fi service levels, but ensures seamless land/sea digital experience enablement including OceanView® TV (OTT, Mobile and VOD) and is disrupting the traditional commodity satellite bandwidth model.

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