Inmarsat: Shipowners are Ready for IoT
On Wednesday at the Posidonia conference in Athens, top maritime satcom firm Inmarsat signed an agreement with the Hellenic Space Agency (HSA) to collaborate on technology research and development. Inmarsat’s Maritime President Ronald Spithout signed the MoU with Christodoulos Protopapas, Chairman of the Hellenic Space Agency.
The HSA promotes Greece’s space technology and fosters Greek scientific and engineering research. The MOU will specifically look at collaboration on research and development opportunities in space and ground segment technologies, as well as exchange of data.
Additionally, the two organisations will look at the role of satellite within the Internet of Things (IoT) and the potential for strategic research studies on future maritime software technologies and broader space policy.