SkyMate Inc. provides economical maritime satellite communications with global coverage

SkyMate announced today that its SkyMate 100 communicator was awarded two prestigious industry awards in one month. SkyMate was awarded the Innovative Technology Award for Consumer Electronics by the National Marine Manufacturers Association at the 2004 Miami International Boat Show.

The Innovation Award is the recreational boating industry’s highest honor for product excellence. The SkyMate 100 was recognized for innovative achievement by Boating Writers International, whose members served as the judges for the awards program. The SkyMate 100 is the only consumer electronics product that offers boaters five essential data services in a product small enough to fit on any boat. SkyMate was also awarded SAIL Magazine’s Freeman K. Pittman Editors’ Choice Award in the February issue.

For the Pittman award, SAIL seeks out the new products on the North American market that most embody the qualities of excellence and technical innovation. For 2004, SAILtechnical editor Ben Ellison, selected the SkyMate 100 as among the best and brightest new gear in marine electronics. Ben wrote, SkyMate is compact, miserly with power, and easily hooks up to a laptop, VHF-style antenna. The software is pie simple, whether you want to send text e-mail, or automatic position reports, fetch a variety of weather reports, or keep an eye on your vessel from afar. We are gratified that NMMA and SAIL have chosen to recognize our efforts to offer boaters a truly new and useful product to enhance their safety and enjoyment of boating. said John Tandler, CEO and founder of SkyMate.

SkyMate produces a wireless satellite communications system that allows recreational and commercial boaters to send and receive email, transmit positioning data, receive customized local weather forecasts, monitor crucial boat systems, and send messages via fax or voice, with extensive and reliable global coverage. Founded by industry-recognized satellite communications experts, SkyMate developed its wireless systems with a mission to make high-quality, reliable satellite data delivery affordable to boaters and the marine industry. Company executives hold several US patents for innovations in satellite design and operation, and have over 25 years of combined experience in design, development, and engineering of satellite systems. For more information, on the latest GPS News see gps cell phones.

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