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3 unusual facts about Maritime Telecommunications Network


David Bloom

It was a Ford F250 4 wheel drive Flatbed truck with a SeaTel stabilized marine dish retrofitted by Miramar, Florida-based company Maritime Telecommunications Network, with live television and satellite transmission equipment so he could continuously broadcast reports as troops made their way toward Baghdad.

Maritime Telecommunications Network

MTN provides connectivity services to major cruise lines, including Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean International, Norwegian Cruise Lines and many others around the world as well as other large maritime entities including luxury yachts, oil rigs, government and military vessels, and commercial vessels.

The concept of the Bloom-Mobile was inspired by Mr. David Bloom himself in order to deliver live coverage of U.S. military forces in Iraq in 2003.



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