Marlink Group, backed by Apax Partners (France), has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 per cent of ITC Global from Panasonic.

Inmarsat and ITC Global have announced a five-year strategic collaboration to combine the organisations’ services to offer broadband and high-value connectivity solutions to customers in the maritime, yachting and offshore energy sectors.

Panasonic Avionics Corporation, via its ITC Global subsidiary, has announced that it has been awarded a four-year contract by TUI Cruises for connectivity services on board two newbuild cruise ships, Mein Schiff 1 and new Mein Schiff 2.

Non-profit organisation Youth With A Mission Medical Ships Australia (YWAM MSA), which operates a medical ship serving the Papua New Guinea (PNG) region, has had the vessel’s VSAT communications contract with ITC Global extended by three years.

ITC Global, a subsidiary of Panasonic Avionics Corporation, has signed a multi-year agreement with Applied Satellite Technology (AST) which will see AST become a value-added reseller of connectivity on Panasonic's high-throughput satellite (HTS) network to global maritime and land mobility markets.

ITC Global has released an enhanced version of ITC Crew LIVE, a crew welfare service aimed at the offshore industry that offers communications and entertainment options, including internet connectivity and live TV.

Panasonic has reported that it has entered into an agreement to acquire ITC Global, a satcom provider that serves the energy, mining and maritime markets, and which has been owned by Boston-based private equity firm, Riverside Partners, since 2011.

Satellite communications provider ITC Global has been awarded a three year contract by offshore support vessel operator Harkand for the provision of broadband connectivity for mission critical voice, video and data applications on vessels operating in the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, Africa and Asia Pacific.