Consilium and Orange unveil Current At Sea
VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Consilium and Orange Business Services have launched a paperless navigation solution that extends an Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) over the world's largest MPLS-based network. This bundled, flat-rate solution named Current At Sea is said to enable shipping companies to move to a fully electronic platform for navigation and communications. Current At Sea is believed to be a future-proof, modular ECDIS and communication system that can include voyage optimization programs, fleet and ship management systems, and real-time monitoring applications. Orange is expected to bridge the ship and shore by integrating ECDIS with Orange's fully managed network (both terrestrial and satellite, including Inmarsat FleetBroadband connectivity). The Orange network is supposed to ensure accurate, precise data and provides value added enterprise communications such as Business Talk Global, IP Telephony, WAN optimization, M2M and ...