The services also includes ‘Songa Eclipse’ and Songa is expected to benefit from Marlink’s satellite communications and network services, including VoIP telephony for local dialling tones, specialised networking aboard each rig, email and storage solutions and desktop support.

Marlink will provide each drilling of the Songa’s semi-submersible rigs with 1024 Kilobytes per second bandwidth to support a range of business applications.

Marlink CEO Tore Morten said through their close collaboration with Viking Innovations, they are able to develop satellite communications and IT service packages which suits the needs of customers like Songa Offshore, to fully support the digital oilfield.

Marlink’s collaboration will enable Songa Offshore to benefit from an extensive range of advanced satellite communications and network services.