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Universal calling card from Vizada
(Feb  8  2010)

Vizada has launched a new generation of its Universal Card, a prepaid service enabling crew members to use the internet on board ship, in addition to making voice calls and sending e-mails and text messages.

With the Card, crews can use their internet connection for instant messaging, webmail and browsing. Costs are charged directly to the crew member on their single reloadable card, to reduce administration requirements.

The company says that it is particularly suited for use with Inmarsat's FleetBroadband system.

Vizada has also developed a web compression tool to make crew web surfing as efficient as possible, which reduces the size of web page images and blocks applications such as video streaming or flash animations, which typically consume high levels of data.

The company says that this should allow crew members to get up to four times as much out of their Universal Card credit.

Ship operators can activate and manage the web compression tool remotely via Vizada's onine portal, avoiding the need for software or a separate device to be installed on board ship.

“This is an important step for crew communications as it gives personnel on board the freedom to completely manage their own communications budget,” said Erik Ceuppens, CEO, Vizada EMEA & Asia.

“The Universal Card is really unique in providing a simple, all-in-one service at significantly less cost than other solutions on the market.”

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