Brit company AltoBridge has developed a mini-GSM gateway product which will let you chat away on your mobile phone while sipping a Vodka Martini on an ocean cruise. Just what you need when on holiday, eh? To be contactable!

‘Altobridge are behind the worlds first commercially available GSM service on Cruise Ships. This passenger service uses GSM Picocell technology interfacing with land based GSM networks via Inmarsat satellites.’