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Madagascar Fisheries are transformed with marine satellite service
Like hundreds of other locations throughout the world, Madagascar is concerned with ensuring future sustainable commercial fishing around it’s coastline for future generations. Madagascar operates an economic exclusion zone up to 200 nautical miles from its coastline with established quotas for different categories of fish. Monitoring teams for the island’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and…
BGAN Satellite provides "always on" connection on oil rigs
Portable BGAN offered by Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of portable satellite internet and voice solutions, is the only mobile satellite service to offer simultaneous broadband data and voice through a single, extremely portable device. BGAN Satellite is also the first service to offer “guaranteed” data rates on demand – up to 256kbps – for…
Inmarsat wins Provider of the year award for Satellite Services
Inmarsat has been named Satellite Services Provider of the Year in the annual Digital Studio awards during Cabsat and Satellite MENA in Dubai. The Digital Studio Awards bestowed the prize of Satellite Provider of the Year to Inmarsat earlier this year. Inmarsat’s products and services have contributed to the major growth of both the production…
Satellite Voice Phone Wins Sailing Innovation Award
The revolutionary new handheld satellite voice phone by Inmarsat, has won a maritime innovation award – just eight months after its launch. Sail Magazine, an American print and online publication for the sailboat world and long recognized as the premier sailing publication has awarded Inmarsat’s global handheld satellite voice phone its annual Pittman Electronics Innovation…
Satellite Voice aids in Rescue of Stranded Divers
Eighteen Mexicans had been enjoying a diving holiday on a deserted coral island in the Indonesian archipelago when their chartered boat, the Sea Safari III, hit a reef in the middle of the night and began taking on water. The divers decided to abandon ship, take to their lifeboats and head for the nearby island…
Portable BGAN Goes Surfing
Always in search of the “perfect wave”, surfer and photographer, Joel Coleman, routinely travels to the most remote corners of the earth. Of course, finding that wave is only the first step. Ultimately , recording and transmitting it for viewing by his audiences, proved to be a whole other challenge. The Australian runs a website…
Marine Satellite Services prove their worth on the Albacora vessels
For the last two years, Spain’s Albacora Group has been testing the marine satellite services system, the Fleetbroadband, on one of it’s tuna boats. Due to the success of these tests, the company has now spread this satellite technology across their entire fleet of vessels as they have come to realize how vital a role…
New voice capability option for marine satellite services
Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of marine satellite services, recently announced the development of multi-satellite voice capability via the Fleet Broadband (FBB) terminals to delegates at Nor-Shipping in Oslo, Norway – one of the maritime industries biggest conference and exhibition events. Mariners will soon be able to access up to nine lines from a single…
Genghis Khan and portable BGAN
With the help of a portable satellite internet device, archaeologists with the Valley of the Khans research team have been able to analyze crucial data virtually prior to organizing a ground excavation of the potential burial site of Genghis Khan. Members of the public were able to offer assistance with this expedition by helping researchers…
National Park uses G2 Mobile Satellite Radio for Emergency Communications
With over 1 million visitors each year, Joshua Tree Nation Park is a popular sight for hikers, campers, bikers and backpackers. Containing portions of the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts, the park spans across 800,000 acres. Like many national parks, visitors to Joshua Tree frequently spend their time camping, climbing boulders and exploring trails – which…