Marlink Gains Three-Year C-band VSAT Extension from Polarcus

Marlink customer Polarcus, a Dubai-based geophysical services company has extended its global VSAT contract for an additional three years. The renewed agreement includes ongoing provision of voice and data connectivity through Sealink, Marlink’s C-band VSAT solution for Polarcus’ fleet of seismic vessels.

Polarcus and Marlink will also migrate the seismic fleet from a dedicated configuration to a shared non-contended configuration using the new iDirect X7 modem. The iDirect upgrade will enable a Maximum Information Rate (MIR) of 1536/3096 Kbps as a burstable bandwidth increase for greater throughput. Polarcus is also getting a faster link, with an increased Committed Information Rate (CIR) of 512/1536 Kbps as part of the contract extension.