SF2500 Launch at Singapore - Communicasia 2012

Taken during the launch. From the left is Bilal Hamoui, Regional Director of Thuraya for Asia, Sanford Jewett, VP for Marketing of Thuraya, Gen. Yussuff Solichien, Chairman, Indonesian Fisheries Association, Kyle Hurst, Director for Market Development, Maritime, and Mr. Nigel Fountaine

Singapore, 19 June 2012: Thuraya Telecommunications Company, the leading international mobile satellite operator, unveiled today at CommunicAsia 2012 in Singapore its SF2500™ maritime satellite voice terminal, developed jointly with partner Addvalue Communications Pte Ltd. Thuraya is using its existing success in providing satellite communications to more than 140 countries around the globe to diversify into selected vertical sectors. Having sold over 600,000 handsets worldwide, the move is another significant step for Thuraya as it continues to expand its marine product line SF2500™ is the latest offering available to end-users under the recently created Thuraya MarineComms brand, which was launched to provide dedicated support for the marine market and enables Thuraya’s community of distributors and channel partners to provide training and support for marine end-users. The Indonesian Fisherman Association is already an early adopter of the SF2500™ terminal, and Thuraya expects the product’s reliability and value to rapidly attract other global marine end-users.