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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, The Total Communications Network, Enhances Corporate Compliance For Business-Critical Data By Installing Enterprise Vault From KVS And Network Appliance Storage
White Papers Inmarsat staff fire around 15,000 e-mails back and forth daily, ensuring communications services are 24x7 and any breaks are tracked and repaired according to service-level agreements. Inmarsat was looking to move to Microsoft Exchange 2000 and...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Global Satellite Network Operator Deploys Network Appliance Storage To Consolidate And Protect Critical Information
White Papers Inmarsat operates a unique global mobile satellite network that provides solutions to the maritime, land and aeronautical sectors. Inmarsat utilises the unique NetApp Snapshot technology, a key element of the NetApp Data ONTAP operating system.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Designed A Feature-Rich Satellite Handset With Mobile Handset Form Factor To Enable Nera Satcom To Expand Their Market Reach
White Papers The handset has communication access via the Inmarsat network and featured high quality audio and remote software version up-gradation. MindTree Consulting designed an advanced satellite handset for a Norway-based communication equipment supplier...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
New Vertical Markets For Satellite Broadband Solutions
White Papers Historically, satellite solutions have perfectly matched such needs in the narrowband domain (with the Inmarsat service, for example). Beyond basic Internet/Intranet access services, satellite broadband technologies are currently being deployed in...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog A couple of weeks ago, the European Commission and the European Space Agency signed a massive deal with a combination of companies - including the British Inmarsat group - to build and run the Galileo navigation satellite network.
[July 15, 2005, 19:00]
Vox Maris GMDSS Simulator
Downloads Vox Maris simulates VHF (DSC), MF/HF (DSC),Inmarsat C and Navtex with fully operational features, as far as their GMDSS operational procedures. Vox Maris is a technical training tool. It is a PC-based simulator to train sea-faring people in the use...
[May 27, 2006, 0:01]
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]
