Marlink Unveils Expanded E-mail Communications At Sea; @SEAmail Now Features Cost-Efficient Packet Data Service.

OSLO, Norway & ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Marlink, a world leader in communications via satellite, today unveiled @SEAmail version 6, its latest package of upgrades enabling simple and easy-to-use e-mail and Internet communications for the maritime industry.

@SEAmail version 6 will be available commercially in mid-November.

@SEAmail is Marlink's premier e-mail communications package designed for mobile users at sea and on land and can be used with Inmarsat A, B, M, Mini-M, and Fleet technologies, as well as Iridium and Thuraya services. Additionally, @SEAmail is compatible with cellular/GSM, Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and ISDN.

Marlink @SEAmail service now supports mobile packet data service (MPDS), making e-mailing at sea more affordable and economical because senders only pay for the amount of data transmitted and not for the airtime used. Additionally, the enhanced @SEAmail service has new features allowing for maximum flexibility for administration, handling and directing, and billing of e-mail on board vessels or at remote land-based locations.

In addition to the new MPDS feature, @SEAmail includes the following features and capabilities:

--Single or multiple mailbox support that is easily upgraded to add additional mailboxes.

--Multiple user mail store at the installed site enables multiple mailboxes in a local area network (LAN) configuration and allows the system administrator to have control over who can send e-mails to external recipients.

--Multiple e-mail client support is an upgraded feature that works with most of the popular versions of e-mail applications permitting users to manage all e-mail functions such as creating, storing, and printing at the remote location.

--Direct Internet access to the HUB mailboxes greatly improves user flexibility giving customers access their e-mails via @SEAmail even when they are not on the vessel. This new feature also gives ship owners the ability to switch to a dedicated Internet connection instead of using satellite communications when vessels are docked or are in port for extended periods.

--Logging of all communications with a breakdown of sent/received messages by originator and recipient allows the system administrator to better manage e-mail use and direct individual billing, when appropriate.

--Full Internet message support improves @SEAmail interoperability with other Internet e-mail systems.

--Full configuration back-up and restore enables users to automatically back-up their communications and on board message settings.

--Installation is simplified using Marlink's easy-to-use guide.

"Ship owners, captains, and crew members deserve an efficient, safe and cost-effective means for real-time communications with home and office while at sea," said Soren Einshoj, managing director of Marlink. "Marlink's enhanced @SEAmail provides an extremely reliable and affordable tool - with continuously updated virus protection - that gives ships the communications freedom to conduct ship's business, while offering sailors an essential means to improve morale and welfare at sea."

Marlink is a subsidiary of Telenor Satellite Services and is part of Telenor ASA of Norway, listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (TEL) and NASDAQ (TELN).