GENTING HONG KONG LIMITED 
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Starting from today, passengers and ship crews on SuperStar
Aquarius can stay connected with friends and families while
cruising to various destinations in Asia Pacific. The service
enables them to make and receive telephone calls, send text
messages, access emails and surf the internet at rates
similar to international roaming. The service will be rolled
out gradually on the other three vessels.
Mr Kenny Ng, Senior Vice President, Information Technology,
Genting Hong Kong, "We are pleased to work together with
Wireless Maritime Services to provide quality mobile services
for our cruise passengers and ship crews. As a leading cruise
line in Asia Pacific, Star Cruises continues to enrich our
passengers' cruising experience with value-adding
technologies as well as new travel products."
He continued, "The new mobile service onboard lets passengers
stay connected to share their holiday joy with friends and
families while having fun cruising with us. This service
comes in good time with the launch of our new Sanya-Vietnam
cruise starting this month. Passengers of this inaugural
cruise will be the first to experience this marriage of
convenience and travel pleasure."
Mr. Jim McKenna, Vice President of Customer Support and
Product Management for WMS, said, "We are truly delighted
that Star Cruises has partnered with WMS to provide cellular
service to both guests and crew on SuperStar Virgo, SuperStar
Libra, SuperStar Aquarius and Star Pisces. Star Cruises is an
award-winning cruise line leader that creates terrific cruise
experience for their guests, and we're honored to be a part
of the communications element of that experience."
"While every customer of ours is a valued partner, the start
of our relationship with Star Cruises is especially exciting
as it represents a significant expansion by WMS into the Asia
Pacific region. We have long had a strong advantage with
roaming agreements with hundreds of telecommunications
carriers around the world-including our agreement with
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China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone operator-- and
we look forward to leveraging these resources for the benefit
of Star Cruises and all of their passengers throughout
Asia."
WMS services allow guests and crew members traveling onboard
the Star Cruises ships to use their cell phones as they
currently do on land while the ships are at sea. Connectivity
is activated when the ship leaves port and turned off when in
range of land-based providers. WMS provides uninterrupted
service to guests and crew so they can stay in touch with
family, friends or business associates back home while they
enjoy the experiences of their cruise.
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About Star Cruises
Star Cruises, together with Norwegian Cruise Line, is the
third largest cruise operator in the world that owns a
combined fleet of 18 ships visiting over 200 destinations in
the world, offering approximately 35,000 lower berths.
The fleet cruises to over 200 destinations and islands in
Asia-Pacific, North and South
America, Hawaii, Caribbean, Alaska, Europe, Mediterranean and
Bermuda.
Star Cruises is represented in more than 20 locations
worldwide with offices and representatives in Hong Kong,
Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan,
Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the
United States and Vietnam.
For more information, please visit Star Cruises website http://www.starcruises.com.
About Wireless Maritime Services
Wireless Maritime Services (WMS), is the world leader in providing maritime cellular phone service to the cruise line and ferry industry. With service onboard more than 130 ships around the globe, the company specializes in cellular at sea communications, including voice, text messaging, email and web browsing. WMS technology allows cruise line and ferry passengers and crew to stay in touch with friends, family or business while at sea. www.cellularatsea.com"In our journey to provide cellular service at sea, we charted our course to cover the world"
For media enquiries, please contact:
Wireless Maritime Services Mr. Matt Wasicsko Telephone +1 954
883 2425
Email: matthew.wasicsko@cellularatsea.com
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Star Cruises
Mr Benson Chao
Corporate Communications & PR Tel: (852) 2378 5944 / 5322
1038
Fax: (852) 2957 4622
Email: benson.chao@gentinghk.com
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