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Inmarsat satellite to boost UK comms
News Inmarsat is to build the UK's space satellite programme, with financial backing from three regional development agencies. UK satellite operator Inmarsat has won a European Space Agency contract to develop Europe's space satellite programme.
[November 26, 2007, 9:04]
Inmarsat prepares to enter mobile market
News Satellite company Inmarsat is becoming "more like a mobile operator" with the imminent launch of its mobile and fixed satellite handsets. This is Inmarsat's first foray into the mobile-handset market — the satellite communications company has...
[June 7, 2007, 16:26]
Inmarsat launches global mobile broadband
News Inmarsat has unveiled a satellite-based mobile broadband service with guaranteed data rates. Inmarsat said the Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) can provide both voice and broadband data simultaneously, and is accessed through lightweight...
[December 7, 2005, 16:30]
Inmarsat broadband satellite hits orbit
News It has passed a critical time, according to Inmarsat. We have 'acquired' the satellite — our ground station in Canada can see the satellite, and control it," said John Warehand, public relations manager for Inmarsat
[November 9, 2005, 16:55]
CeBIT: ISDN goes mobile with Inmarsat
News Inmarsat, the London-based mobile satellite communications company, is showing for the first time at CeBIT a system which will provide ISDN-compatible data transfers of up to 64 kbits, via new four-kilo portable devices.
[March 23, 1999, 11:57]
EU chooses providers of satellite mobile services
News The companies, Inmarsat Ventures and Solaris Mobile, will be able to roll out satellite-based services such as high-speed internet access, mobile TV services, satellite telephony and emergency services, the Commission announced in a statement on...
[May 15, 2009, 16:42]
Global sat phone service awaits launch
News Satellite communications company Inmarsat has taken the first steps towards building a worldwide handheld satellite phone service. Inmarsat has teamed up with satellite operator ACeS to boost satellite coverage — by combining resources from next...
[September 4, 2006, 16:10]
Aeroplanes to get high-speed Web access
News Satellite operator Inmarsat announced on Tuesday that its Swift64 service, which offers fast voice and data services to aeroplane passengers, at speeds of up to 64 kilobits per second (kbps), is now available to airlines.
[April 10, 2002, 16:51]
Global satellite broadband network on track for 2004
News UK tech firm Logica said this week that it has won a £6m contract to help Inmarsat develop a global, satellite-based, broadband network within the next three years. Inmarsat, which already operates a satellite mobile phone network that covers most...
[September 28, 2001, 14:36]
Jumping from satellite to mobile and back
News London-based Inmarsat's Regional BGAN service, announced Tuesday, is the second to merge satellite and mobile phone networks. But Inmarsat's service can deliver data at 176kbps, about twice as fast as Globalstar's, according to both companies.
[November 21, 2002, 9:20]
All at sea: Challenge race asks tough IT questions
News Wrong: the best we can expect from this "toughest race in the world" is going to be a simulator (a sort of "fantasy yacht crew" scheme, where you can win a trip to Cape Town) because the boats are immune to Inmarsat.
[August 29, 1996, 9:20]
Photos: Tech reconnects earthquake victims
News This is typically using mobile communications terminals such as Inmarsat BGAN or R-BGAN terminals. TSF is working alongside the humanitarian aid department of the European Commission, Echo, which provides funding to augment the Telecom's specialist...
[August 21, 2007, 17:24]
BT to sell Eutelsat stake for £363m
News BT has previously sold off its holdings in other satellite firms, including Inmarsat and Intelsat. BT has announced it is to sell its stake in Eutelsat for £363m. The UK's biggest telco will sell its entire shareholding in the world's third-biggest...
[November 26, 2004, 11:45]
Text messaging takes to the skies
News The service is available worldwide, and messages are cached, compressed and delivered using UK-based Inmarsat Holdings' satellite system. Airline passengers may soon be able to send and receive text messages in midflight.
[September 17, 2003, 11:25]
Airline launches in-flight text messaging
News Outgoing messages are cached, compressed and delivered to the recipient using Inmarsat Holdings' satellite system. One airline hopes to make it easier for inflight passengers to communicate electronically.
[April 25, 2002, 9:47]
UK leads in Galileo-procurement shortlist
News The Nav-up grouping, represented by Inmarsat, will be taking on Germany's DLR and Italy's Telespazio for the right to run operations. The shortlist of companies bidding to build Europe's Galileo satellite system has been released, with UK firms...
[September 22, 2008, 13:31]
Ryanair announces in-flight mobile
News The connection between the plane and ground is carried by satellite operator Inmarsat. Ryanair plans to allow passengers mobile access to voice and text communications on all its flights from the middle of 2007.
[August 30, 2006, 14:55]
Mobile phones on a mission to the moon
News The joint Nasa/BNSC MoonLite mission, due to be launched after 2012, will test a prototype version of the satellite phone network, similar to the Inmarsat network on Earth. After conquering the farthest corners of the globe, mobile phones are now...
[February 20, 2008, 9:16]
Satellite comms may 'connect the unconnected'
News And satellite communications company Inmarsat has a commercial satellite mobile-phone offering for travellers to remote regions, which currently covers Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The UN agency for information and communications issues is...
[February 29, 2008, 7:45]
China to get in-flight mobile service by 2009
News OnAir's on-board equipment incorporates technology from Tenzing, the company that pioneered in-flight email, with Inmarsat providing the satellite communications. China's Shenzhen Airlines has fitted its planes with communications technology that...
[September 4, 2007, 9:31]
