Ship&Offshore | Issue 04/2024
Partners to focus on over-water 5G development
Inmarsat Maritime and Aramco, the world’s largest energy company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to undertake trials aimed at providing high bandwidth 5G connectivity for Aramco’s offshore operations in the Arabian Gulf. The partners plan to test high-speed systems and their resilience in meeting regional climate issues including extreme heat, sandstorms, wind, and water evaporation. The 5G technology is more reliable than existing networks. Successful outdoor tests at Rutland Water in the UK during February had demonstrated reliable and high-throughput millimetre Wave (mmWave) signal propagation over water, Inmarsat said....