PhysOrg.com today picks up on news that wireless communications provider SeaMobile Inc. has gotten FCC approval for its acquisition of Florida-based satellite broadband provider Maritime Telecommunications Network, giving the company the ability to provide wireless and satellite Internet access to customers at sea just about anywhere in the world.

"SeaMobile saw a strategic Opportunity to combine the wireless and satellite expertise of the world's leading maritime communications companies to completely change the way travelers communicate at sea," says company CEO William D. Marks. "Cruise travelers can take their own cell phones, Blackberry devices and laptops, read their hometown newspaper, watch live TV, access bank accounts through onboard ATMs and much more. It is truly a new day at sea."

According to SeaMobile, a survey by Management Recruiters International found that 47 percent of executives don't use all of their allotted vacation time due to job pressures -- and 35 percent don't use any. And a Boeing survey found that 83 percent of business travelers said the availability of wireless Internet on an aircraft had a significant impact on their choice of carrier -- which, the company suggests, could indicate a similar market opportunity for SeaMobile.

SeaMobile's press release is here.