India, because of its heritage, culture, hospitality and natural beauty, attracts millions and millions of tourists every year. It’s the host’s duty to offer ‘something new’ to the tourists every year. The Government, tour operators and tourism promoters sitting around a table has realised the potential and has started offering attractive things to the tourists, the latest being the concept of luxurious living in the backwaters called ‘house boats’. Now, house boats come with the most modern amenities like air-conditioners, channel music, plasma televisions, computers, internet, shower enclosures, bath tubs and toilets with all facilities. House boats, because of exquisite design, elegant look and comfort, are a major tourist attraction mainly in the states of Kerala and Jammu Kashmir.

But, those who have been to house boats might have realised one thing missing. Yes, the lack of communication to the land. And, in this era, it is a major drawback. This is because of the difficulty in setting up a telephone land line in house boats. If you go for IMARSAT communication, it will be very expensive.

Let us see what IMARSAT communication is. Usually, the vessels/ships, when they are in the sea, will have the facility and services of organisations involved in IMARSAT (International Maritime Satellite) communication. Vessels/ships fitted with such Imarsat solutions are connected to the world’s most advanced mobile communications network. Mariners on vessels/ships with such solutions can communicate as effectively as they were ashore and crews can remain in contact with their families and friends. Imarsat satellite solutions include voice and fax, circuit switched and packet data, data speeds upto 512 kbps, safety and security services etc. Imarsat’s maritime portfolio can help improve vessel/ship performance, offering internet connectivity access to corporate networks, e-mail, weather and chart updates, position reporting, telemedicine, remote diagnostics, crew calling and other office applications. The call charges for such a satellite communication will come to more than Rs. 100 per minute.

Mostly the house boats will be well within 25 to 30 kilometers range from the land. So, always it will be under a mobile service providers’ coverage area. In these places, you can prefer a mobile phone over a satellite communication. But, there are many disadvantages for a mobile phone. Firstly, the house boats are huge with closed air-conditioned rooms where it will be difficult to have the ‘range’. To come under the ‘range’, you may have to move to a particular corner or room. Once or twice it is okay to move to the ‘range’ and attend the phone but not always. Secondly, because of its small size, it is not practical and safe to provide a mobile phone in the house boat.

In these circumstances, it is recommended to use an Xtend FCT. An FCT, in which a mobile phone is connected, can be kept at a safe place where you have the maximum ‘range’. FCT is connected to an EPABX system which has telephones kept in all rooms connected using ordinary telephone cables in the house boat from where you can make or attend telephone calls as you normally do in a normal land phone. In other words, to make it simple, FCT is the safest way to use a mobile phone most effectively and efficiently.

Here is a viable, economical and cost-effective solution – install an Xtend FCT.

Setting up a GSM/CDMA FCT is very easy. You can save money too! Now, you can setup the communication to the house boats in no time!

You can set up and Xtend FCT in just 3 steps!

1. Get a GSM/CDMA mobile connection.
2. Attach it to the Xtend FCT device.
3. Install the FCT and start working.

You can even connect the Xtend FCT to an EPABX system to provide telecommunication in all the rooms in a house boat.

Installing an Xtend FCT makes your house boat, the one with ‘ALL’ the most modern facilities.

Provide all the most modern facilities in the house boats and let no single tourist have a complaint!

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