Maritime Communication Services to offer broadband services to support those travelling at sea was launched at Mumbai, Maharashtra.

• Maritime connectivity will offer broadband services to enable high-end support to those travelling on sailing vessels, cruise liners and ships in India by providing access to voice, data and video services to sailing vessels, cruise liners and coastal vessels using satellite.
• Nelco Ltd which is India’s leading VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) solutions provider will now provide quality broadband services to maritime sector. VSAT technology offers a satellite internet connection globally.
• Along with Maritime Communication Services, a web portal for reporting stolen mobiles to help trace them was also launhced. This portal is under a project called Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) system, which has been undertaken by Department of Telecom for addressing security, theft and other concerns including reprogramming of mobile handsets.