NCL Corporation Completes Fleetwide Cell Phone Installation on its NCL and Orient Lines Ships

NCL Corporation is now offering cell phone service fleetwide. The service is available for all passengers on all of its ships worldwide even when communications towers are oceans away. The offering combines satellite and wireless services, enabling passengers to make and receive calls on their own cell phones with their own phone numbers while in international waters.

The service is available to most passengers with GSM and CDMA phones that operate at 1900 MHz, which is standard in the U.S. Passengers can make and receive both voice calls and text messages. In addition, passengers with data-capable GSM/GPRS devices can access data services, such as email, internet and picture messaging. Passengers are billed by the carrier to whom they subscribe at roaming rates set by that carrier, just as if they were roaming on land instead of at sea.
NCL Corporation Completes Fleetwide Cell Phone Installation on its NCL and Orient Lines Ships