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26.08.2010Paul Gauguin Cruises Selects MCP for Onboard Cellular Communications
Arendal, Norway, August 17, 2010: Maritime Communications Partner (MCP), the leading provider of global onboard communications to cruise and ferry vessels, has announced an agreement with Paul Gauguin Cruises which operates the 6-star luxury cruise ship the M/S Paul Gauguin in the Pacific Ocean region. Read more
25.08.2010
Change of CEO in Maritime Communications Partner (MCP)
As recently announced by Telenor, Pål Bjørdal has been appointed as new CEO of the Telenor’s subsidiary AeroMobile from September 1.
Current MCP Director of Strategy, Alf S. Aanonsen, will take on the position as acting CEO of MCP as from the same date, ensuring business continuity while the position is posted.
Aanonsen has extensive operational management experience within MCP, which he joined since the start in 2002. He worked 13 years for Ericsson before joining MCP, within product-, project- and sales management.
Aanonsen holds an MSc degree within Computer Science from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH), a Master of Management from the BI Norwegian School of Management, and a Bachelor degree within Economics also from BI.
07.05.2010
THE GRIMALDI GROUP AWARDS MCP ADDITIONAL VESSELS
Arendal, May 7, 2010: Maritime Communications Partner (MCP), the leading provider of global onboard communications to cruise and ferry vessels, has announced an extension of the existing agreement with the Naples-based Grimaldi Group which operates ferry services under the Grimaldi Lines and Minoan Lines Read more
24.03.2010
MCP ANNOUNCE A NEW LONG TERM AGREEMENT FOR 5 NORTH AFRICAN FERRIES
Arendal, March 24, 2010. Maritime Communications Partner announce a new long term agreement for the operation of its sophisticated GSM system and services.The agreement covers 3 ferries belonging to the Algerian Ferry operator L’Enterprise Nationale deTransport Maritime de Voyageurs ’ENTMV’ and 2 ferries belonging to the Tunisian Ferry operator La Compagnie Tunisiene De Navigation ’CTN’. Both companies are operating routes between North Africa and Southern Europe. The 5 vessels will be set in operation in Q2 2010.
16.03.2010
MCP APPOINTS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR
16 March, 2010, Miami, FL - Maritime Communications Partner (MCP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Telenor ASA, is the leading end-to-end wireless communications provider to the maritime industry and today announces that it has appointed Mr. Fred Sorensen as its new Managing Director for the Americas. He succeeds Mr. Steinar Stromsvag who has been in charge of MCP’s Miami office since its’ inception in 2005. See more
20.01.2010
WHAT IF GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS WERE UNABLE TO USE THEIR CELLPHONES ON A LUXURY CRUISE LINER?
January 15, Port of Spain, Trinidad: Hosting a seven-day intergovernmental conference onboard a luxury cruise liner berthed at a Caribbean port sounds like a perfect idea. When preparing for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on board the Princess Cruises vessel the Caribbean Princess at the Port of Spain, Trinidad, last November, Princess Cruises realized that land based cellular phone signals would penetrate only a short distance into the vessel’s hull See more
14.04.2009
AIDA CRUISES CHOOSES GLOBAL ONBOARD COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER MCP FOR THREE NEW CRUISE SHIPS
Maritime Communications Partner, the foremost provider of onboard communications to the global cruise fleet, has announced a new five-year contract with Germany’s top cruise provider, AIDA Cruises for the supply of wireless mobile services and systems to three, 2,174 passenger new builds See more
18.02.2009
MCP REACHES LONG-TERM AGREEMENT WITH SMYRIL LINE FOR EXTENDED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AT SEA
Smyril Line today confirms renewing its GSM contract with Maritime Communications Partner until April 2013. In addition, the North Atlantic operator is acquiring more services for the M/F Norröna such as GPRS, CrewSIM and WLAN. See more
05.12.2008
WORLD’S LARGEST FERRY OPERATOR STENA LINE RENEWS MAJOR MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS AGREEMENT WITH MCP
Maritime Communications Partner (MCP) announced the renewal of a major 4-year management contract with the world-leading ferry operator, Stena Line for the deployment of maritime communications solutions onboard 16 passenger ferry vessels including two new super ferries. See more
30.10.2008
DFDS RENEWS AND EXPANDS ITS CONTRACT WITH ONBOARD COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST MCP
DFDS, a leading European-based transport network, has today renewed its contract with Maritime Communications Partner (MCP) for the provisioning of GSM services onboard its fleet of five passenger vessels and five Ro-Ro ships. Read more
24.09.2008
SingTel anc MCP form alliance
SingTel anc MCP form alliance to offer a complete wireless communications portifolio to maritime industry. Read more
07.07.2008
Contract Extension with P&O Cruises and Ocean Village Holidays
Maritime Communications Partner (MCP) reaches long-term agreement with two leading UK cruise brands to continue to provide cellular services at sea. Read more
05.06.2008
Telenor cuts rates at sea
Passengers on ferries between Norway and Denmark and other ships in Scandinavian and Nordic waters will now pay less for making calls while on board. Read more
07.05.2008
MCP WINS CONTRACT TO INSTALL WIRELESS MOBILE TELEPHONY SERVICES ONBOARD 21 SHIPS
Arendal/Santa Clarita, January 2, 2008: Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP), fully owned by Telenor ASA, has signed a contract to install and operate the cellular network onboard all ships in Princess Cruises, Cunard Lines and P&O Cruises Australia´s fleet. Read more
27.11.2007
Maritime GSM Service enables shipwrecked to reach family and loved ones from the Antarctic
When the cruise ship MV Explorer hit underwater ice, it was Hurtigruten´s Nordnorge that came to the rescue, and Maritime Communications Partner´s GSM network onboard that enabled the shipwrecked to call home. Read more
31.08.2007
MCP TO EXTEND SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH POLFERRIES
Arendal/Kołobrzeg, August 30th, 2007: Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP), the leading maritime cellular operator together with its local Partner, MATERNA Communications, has signed a contract with award winning Polferries to install CellAtSea™ onboard the M/F Pomerania and M/F Wawel. Read more
13.06.2007
MCP WINS CONTRACT TO INSTALL GSM SERVICES ONBOARD MANO MARITIME’S ROYAL IRIS
Norway/Israel, June 13, 2007: Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP) has signed a contract with Mano Maritime Ltd to deliver GSM and SMS services onboard the state-of-the-art, Royal Iris. Read more
18.04.2007
MCP TO INSTALL CELLATSEA™ ONBOARD OCEAN VILLAGE FLEET
Grimstad/Southampton, April 18, 2007: Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP) has signed a contract with Ocean Village to deliver GSM and SMS services onboard Ocean Village and the soon-to-be-launched Ocean Village Two. Read more
03.04.2007
P&O CRUISES TO EXTEND MCP´S CELLATSEA™ SERVICE ONBOARD M/S ARTEMIS
Grimstad/Southampton, March 30, 2007: Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP) has signed a contract with P&O Cruises to deliver GSM and SMS services onboard Artemis. Read more
02.04.2007
MCP TO SUPPLY UNMATCHED GSM SERVICES TO FRED.OLSEN CRUISE LINES
Grimstad/Ipswich, March 30, 2007: Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP) has signed a contract with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines to roll out MCP´s GSM CellAtSea™ service across the entire fleet. Read more
29.03.2007
MCP TO INSTALL GSM SERVICES ON WORLD´S LARGEST CAR FERRY, IRISH FERRIES’ MV ULYSSES
Grimstad/Dublin, March 29, 2007: Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP) has signed a contract with Irish Ferries to deliver GSM and SMS services onboard the luxury MV Isle of Inishmore and the 50,000 ton MV Ulysses, the largest car ferry in the world. Read more
12.02.2007
MCP TO INSTALL CELLATSEA™ ON BOARD ACCIONA TRASMEDITERRANEA’S JUAN J SISTER
Grimstad/Madrid, February 12, 2007: Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP) has signed a contract with Acciona Trasmediterranea to deliver GSM and SMS services on board ferry, Juan J Sister. Read more
12.12.2006
MCP TO SUPPLY GSM SERVICES TO LEADING FERRY OPERATOR, STENA LINE
Grimstad/Gothenburg, December 12, 2006: Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP) has signed a contract with Stena Line to deliver GSM and SMS services on board a further 6 ships. Read more
13.11.2006
MCP PROVIDES CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY TO 8th COLOR LINE VESSEL
Grimstad/Oslo, November 6th, 2006: Maritime Communications Partner (MCP) signs contract with Color Line to deliver GSM services, CellAtSea™, on board the passenger ferry, M/S Peter Wessel. Read more
12.10.2006
MCP TO SUPPLY CELLULAR TELEPHONE SERVICES TO FRED.OLSEN CRUISES
Grimstad/Ipswich,UK, October 12th, 2006: Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP) has signed a contract with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines to deliver GSM and SMS services on board its Braemar cruise ship. Read more
05.09.2006
MCP TO PROVIDE GSM SERVICES ON BOARD POLFERRIES’ MF SCANDINAVIA
Grimstad/Warzawa, September 5th, 2006: Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP) has signed a contract with Fincom - Materna Communications (FMC) to deliver GSM and SMS services on board Polferries’ ship MF Scandinavia. Read more
08.06.2006
MCP TO SUPPLY CELLULAR TELEPHONE SERVICES TO P&O CRUISES
After months of testing and stringent review, P&O Cruises (Carnival UK) have awarded Maritime Communications Partner (MCP) of Norway and Miami, a contract to supply cellular phone services across the fleet. Read more
30.05.2006
NEW KYSTLINK SIGNS CONTRACT WITH MCP FOR GSM SERVICES ON BOARD PRIDE OF TELEMARK
Grimstad/Langesund, May 30th, 2006: Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP) has signed a contract with New Kystlink to deliver GSM and SMS services on board “Pride of Telemark”. Read more
15.05.2006
MASTER FERRIES CONTRACTS MCP TO PROVIDE GSM SERVICES ON BOARD MASTER CAT
Grimstad/Kristiansand, May 15th, 2006: Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP) has signed a contract with Master Ferries to deliver GSM and SMS services on board “Master Cat”. The Ferry sails from Kristiansand, Norway to Hanstholm, Denmark, in just two hours crossing over Skagerak. Read more
13.03.2006
MCP PROVIDES CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY TO THE COLOR LINE FLEET
Grimstad/Oslo, March 14th, 2006: A contract has been signed between Color Line and Maritime Communications Partner (MCP) for provisioning of GSM services on board the Color Line fleet.
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09.02.2006
MS MIDNATSOL, THE FLAGSHIP OF THE HURTIGRUTEN FLEET, NOW CONNECTED
Grimstad/ Tromsø, 20 January 2006: Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP) has signed a contract with Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap ASA (TFDS) to deliver GSM and SMS services on board their flagship MS Midnatsol and MS Trollfjord. Read more
08.02.2006
MCP opens new offices in North America
Maritime Communications Partner (MCP), the Global Maritime Cellular Operator, announces the opening of their offices, Maritime Communications Partner Inc., on the East Coast of the USA.
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31.08.2005
MCP RECEIVES NHO´s 2005 INNOVATION AWARD
MCP, the world´s leading provider of mobile phone coverage at sea, has been awarded the Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry´s (NHO´s) Innovation Award for 2005.
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18.08.2005
MCP PROVIDES CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
A contract has been signed between Ofotens og Vesterålens Dampskibsselskap ASA (OVDS) and Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP) for provisioning of GSM services onboard the OVDS´ cruise ships.
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01.07.2005
SMYRIL LINE SIGNS CONTRACT WITH MCP FOR GSM SERVICES ONBOARD MS NORRÖNA
A contract has been signed between Smyril Line and Maritime Communications Partner AS (MCP) for provisioning of GSM services onboard the Smyril Line ferry
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13.04.2005
FJORD LINE SIGNS CONTRACT WITH MCP FOR GSM SERVICES ONBOARD MS FJORD NORWAY AND MS JUPITER
A contract has been signed between Fjord Line AS and MCP for provisioning of GSM services onboard Fjord Line Ferries. The service is introduced onboard MS Fjord Norway and MS Jupiter.
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28.02.2005
ERICSSON AND MCP ENABLES MOBILE PHONE CONNECTIVITY AT SEA
Ericsson and Norwegian based MCP, have signed a contract for the delivery of a GSM network to enable mobile communication at sea. Under the contract, Ericsson will supply a complete network solution, including core and radio equipment.
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06.01.2005
MCP LAUNCHES ROAMING WITH CIBERNETs One1Clear TM SOLUTION
Cibernet, the world´s leading financial clearing house for mobile operators, today announced at the 3GSM Congress in Cannes, France, its first new client to select One1Clear TM, Cibernet´s new financial clearing and settlement solution.
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02.11.2004
MCP joined the CDG (CDMA Development Group) as a full Member
The CDG is an international consortium of companies who have joined together to lead the adoption and evolution of CDMA wireless systems around the world. The CDG is comprised of the world's leading CDMA service providers and manufacturers. By working together, the members help ensure interoperability among systems, while expediting the availability of CDMA technology to consumers (ref www.cdg.org).
08.10.2004
MCP has been granted access
to the GSM 1800 radio spectrum onboard vessels in Swedish national waters
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27.09.2004
MCP joined the GSM Association (GSMA) as a Full Member.
GSMA is the global trade association that exists to promote, protect and enhance the interests of GSM mobile operators throughout the world (ref www.gsmworld.com).
06.09.2004
DFDS signs contract with MCP for GSM services onboard the DFDS Seaways´ fleet
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04.05.2004
Cell phone operator Maritime Communications Partner (MCP) in Grimstad
brought in NOK 38 million in an issue passed at the company´s general meeting Monday 3 May.
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16.03.2004
Cellular telephony services for passengers and crew
on board ferries and cruise ships is now becoming reality.
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