AST has been serving the global maritime market for over 20 years through their AST Live! Suite, which includes a traffic management and control capacity that is used in the delivery of FleetBroadband. According to AST Airtime Director Mark Sykes, AST already offers its services to Inmarsat, Iridium, Thuraya and Globalstar.

“AST’s primary focus will be to grow the Fishing, Leisure and Workboat markets, building on our core customer base in these areas,” AST Director Jason Abbott, Director said in a statement. “With offices and partners around the world and in key maritime locations, AST is ideally placed to grow FleetBroadband revenue in these sectors – we’re very pleased to be working closely with Inmarsat to achieve our joint goals.”