Agents Wanted

Alicom are looking for agents worldwide to promote and sell our products. Preferential rates and a commission scheme are available. Please contact our Sales Department for more details.

Future of UK Telex Lines from March 2008

With the announcement by BT that they will be withdrawing support for telex services and terminating their Global Telex Switch from March 2008, Alicom Systems are ready and able to help you with our Email to Telex and Telex to Email solutions. Contact our Sales Department for more information.

Real-time Message Status

Alicom customers can view real-time reports of all messages and even send fax or telex messages from a web browser. To apply for a secure login, use our Customer Registration page.

Electronic Post Room

Why post when you can fax or email?

Alicom Systems can save you money and help you do your bit to save the planet. Full details of how this is possible and a one-month free trial offer are available on the Electronic Post Room pages.

Vessel Tracker

Global Map Do you know where your ships are?

Vessel Tracker from Alicom Systems allows you to pinpoint exactly where your vessels are at any given point in time using the GPS position data retrieved from their on-board Inmarsat-C terminal.

Having accurate and up-to-date information on vessel location means more efficient fleet management becomes possible.

No additional hardware or infrastucture is required.

How does it work?

The Vessel Tracker system polls a given vessel on a time-based schedule which can be specific to a customer and/or vessel. The Inmarsat-C terminal on the vessel responds with their positional data as well as course and speed.

This data is correlated within the Vessel Tracker system and used to produce a tab-separated report which is emailed to you as an attachment. This can then be opened in a spreadsheet application or processed in some other way depending on your needs.

An example Vessel Tracker report can be seen here.

Shipname	Telex Number	Latitude	Longitude	Speed	Course

Enterprise	499999991	11 37.36' N	43 08.92' E	0	22
Andromeda	499999992	29 51.20' S	31 01.72' E	0	56
White Star	499999993	22 15.88' N	59 53.04' E	15	184
    

Pricing Structure

There is a one off registration fee per vessel and then a monthly charge based on the number of polls required.

Requirements

No additional hardware is required to make use of the Vessel Trackers service as the GPS position data is taken from the vessel's Inmarsat-C terminal.

Please note that you must obtain permission from the vessel's owner before activating the Vessel Tracker service.

Ordering and Setup

Ordering the Vessel Tracker is quite simple. We need the vessel's name, the Inmarsat-C terminal number and the delivery email address for the reports.

If you would like to take advantage of this service or for more information, please contact our Sales Department.