MailASail News/Blog

There is a MANDATORY firmware upgrade available for the IsatPhonePro handset. Owners must upgrade to firmware 5.3.0 (or later) before 31st December 2013 or the handset may have problems connecting to the network.

Links to the instructions to upgrade your firmware to version 5.3.0 (or later) can be found in our Inmarsat IsatPhonePro Support section

MailASail will be closed for Early May Bank Holiday 2013 from Friday 03/05/2013 until GMT 09h00 on Tuesday 07/05/2013

Happy Holidays

MailASail will be closed for Easter 2013 from Friday 29/03/2013 until GMT 09h00 on Tuesday 02/04/2013

Happy Holidays

MailASail to speak at the Ocean Cruising Seminar in Guildford from 1st-3rd March 2013.

We'll be on hand to answer your questions and will have some great offers on satellite phones!

MailASail are exhibiting at the London Boat Show 2013 from January 12th-20th!

Come and see us on stand E157 (Near the Guinness Bar) for lots of great offers and promotions!

Effective December 19, 2012, Iridium now provides inbound Caller ID on all telephony service packages, allowing customers that use Iridium telephony products to view inbound numbers from terrestrial and mobile networks on their Iridium device display. This feature was recently added at no additional charge for existing and new telephony subscribers and allows customers to screen inbound calls, view received call numbers, and store received call numbers to their device phonebook (missed calls is not currently supported).

MailASail will be available in Las Palmas from 15th-25st November 2012 for the start of ARC 2012 to assist with any last minute customer problems.

(If you wish to contact us during that week then please see this page: ARC 2012 Support - and PLEASE, PLEASE leave us a mobile phone contact number!!)

We are pleased to announce the release of a new firmware, version 1.2, for the Red Box wireless router and bandwidth optimiser

The Red Box wireless router gives very easy integration of all communication devices from 3G, Wireless and satellite devices. Additionally it takes NMEA data and wirelessly repeats it. This makes it extremely easy to network all of these devices with no more effort than plugging them in and then connecting to the local wifi network! Additionally there is full integration with our teleport-it email/web compression and optimisation service

A quick changelog can be found below. Upgrade instructions can be found here:

• Red Box Firmware Upgrade Instructions

We are pleased to announce the release of a new firmware, version 1.1, for the Red Box wireless router and bandwidth optimiser

The Red Box wireless router gives very easy integration of all communication devices from 3G, Wireless and satellite devices. Additionally it takes NMEA data and wirelessly repeats it. This makes it extremely easy to network all of these devices with no more effort than plugging them in and then connecting to the local wifi network! Additionally there is full integration with our teleport-it email/web compression and optimisation service

A quick changelog can be found below. Upgrade instructions can be found here:

• Red Box Firmware Upgrade Instructions

The default webmail system has been switched from the longstanding "SquirrelMail" to the far slicker "Roundcube" software. This will hopefully be greeted with enthusiasm and brings a very modern webmail system with WYSIWYG editing and drag and drop email handling

MailASail are pleased to announce they will be exhibiting once again at the PSP Southampton Boat Show 2012. The show runs from 14th - 23rd September and is always a great day out.

Great news for all Inmarsat Fleet Broadband Small Vessel Plan customers - With immediate effect the previously imposed 32kbps QoS restriction has now been lifted on all Fleetbroadband Small Vessel Plans.

This means that you can now enjoy full speed ahead on your Fleetbroadband 150 / 250 & 500 units.

The Iridium 9575 Extreme built in GPS tracking feature is now fully compatible with MailASail's teleport-blog!

We are looking for a web application developer to join our multi-talented team. Are you interested in working with the latest web and mobile technologies, building exciting user focused applications? Then we want to hear from you. Send your CV and covering letter to jobs@mailasail.com

MailASail Satellite Communications are excited to announce the latest release of the RedBox wireless router and satellite phone optimiser!

We have been working tirelessly over the past few months, making improvements to both the functionality and feature set of the RedBox, and are very pleased to announce this new release.

In this latest release you will see a new user interface, full integration of new devices including our Wifi Bat long range wifi booster, and new configurable firewall settings.

Our NEW Wifi Bat has received a fantastic full page review in Sailing Today this month!

Some quotes include: "dead easy to install" "performance is exceptional" "pretty impressive"

MailASail to speak at the Ocean Cruising Seminar in Guildford from 9th-11th March 2012.

We'll be on hand to answer your questions and will have some great offers on satellite phones!

Express Mail is changing!

The old Express Mail service package is to be rebranded as the "teleport-it" suite of services.

MailASail are exhibiting at the London Boat Show 2012 from January 6th-15th!

Come and see us on stand F120 (North Hall) for lots of great offers and promotions!

MailASail will be available in Las Palmas from 10th-21st November 2011 for the start of ARC 2011 to assist with any last minute customer problems.

(If you wish to contact us during that week then please see this page: ARC 2010 Support - and PLEASE, PLEASE leave us a mobile phone contact number!!)

MailASail are exhibiting at the Southampton Boat Show 2011 from September 16th-25th!

More news and and ticket offers to follow.

MailASail have once again been awarded the Top Rated Provider for email services in the Yachting World Atlantic Gear Test 2011. We are extremely pleased that we have achieved this for the second year running.

"95 yachts selected MailASAil and rated it joint highest in user satisfaction, making Ed Wildgoose's service (and Las Palmas Support) once again by far the most popular marine-based email provider."

MailASail are pleased to announce that data is now available on the IsatPhone Pro! Any one who currently owns the IsatPhone Pro will need to upgrade their firmware to the latest version, but any new phone will come with the feature built-in.
Of course teleport-mail from MailASail is compatible so please get in touch to find out more. Please see our online user guides for information on how to make the IsatPhone Pro data service work with teleport-mail.

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MailASail will be attending World Cruising's: "Ocean Cruising Seminar" in Guildford 11th-13th March 2011

The three day Ocean Cruising Seminar will take place from 1330 on Friday 11th March to 1500 on Sunday 13th March 2011. Mailasail will be speaking about satellite communications on Sunday.

MailASail are exhibiting at the London Boat Show!

Come and see us on Stand B10 from 7th-16th Jan 2011.

MailASail are pleased to announce that they have been awarded "Top Rated" Email Provider in the 2010 "Atlantic Gear Test" by Yachting World

"MailASail was easily the most popular type of e-mail provider...
...MailASail's Ed Wildgoose and his team received by far the most praise for customer support."

MailASail proudly launches the Weather Window. This is a collection of sub sites run by weather industry experts, plus MailASail's weather responder system which then streamlines access your favourite weather data.

To access Weather Window follow this link: Mailasail Weather Window!

Another glowing recommendation from customers interviewed in Yachting Monthly Feb/March 2009

• quote: "the MailASail clients I spoke to had nothing but praise for the service and support provided personally by Ed. If you are thinking about buying a satphone, Ed will help you work out what you need."
• Full article from: Yachting Monthly March 2009 - Long Range Comms Reports (PDF)
  • Credit: Words by Chris Beeson with kind permission of YACHTING MONTHLY

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