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Why people need a satellite phone
Throughout the western hemisphere, the Atlantic hurricane season lays its affects to more than 35 million businesses and homes. Due to this, millions of people are left to live in fear as a result of torrential rains and devastating winds. Even more worse is the fact that these conditions lead to the destruction of power…
The New Oceana 800 Marine Satellite Phone
On many vessels in this day and age communication in offshore waters is essential to the smooth function of the ship. The Oceana 800 helps simplify this ease of remote communications by providing a efficient, fast, easy way to communicate via satellite an all-in-one IP54 maritime interface. It’s adaptable to take anywhere from two to…
Hughes 9502 BGAN Satellite Scada Solution
Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) is a broadband satellite internet network providing connectivity via portable and fixed terminals. International Satellite Services, Inc is introducing the BGAN 9502 satellite IP solution. The BGAN 9502 provides real-time high-speed access for fixed locations through the Inmarsat service. This BGAN 9502 Satellite terminal is best suited for Machine to…
Why BGAN Satellite SCADA is the answer for the Smart Grid
The quest for a national smart grid to reduce energy costs has led to the exploration of satellite SCADA as the technology of choice. Satellite SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) solutions have an upper hand over other networking technologies because of its availability, path diversity, support system and ubiquity. The technology is an innovative…
Why the G2 Mobile Dispatch Satellite Radio is a viable solution
Land Mobile Radio communication has been integral to a variety of industries for years and continues to be important today. However, as technology changes, existing terrestrial radio networks are starting to reach the end of their lifespan. This satellite service is a cost effective alternative to installing, maintaining, and relocating land-based two-way radio communications systems.…
The Planets Only Push to Talk Satellite Radio
Mobility is a crucial element in interoperable communications for public safety. It allows emergency responders to contact one another while out in the field. It also means that employees in emergency operation centers can take their LightSquared satellite phones/two-way radios along if they are forced to leave the building in an emergency. The MSAT-G2 push…
New High Rate Data Service via Satellite - BGAN HDR
Naples Florida July 25th, 2013 – Inmarsat is releasing a new high speed data technology called BGAN HDR in September of this year. This service is geared for Higher Quality News Gathering, with streaming data speeds up to 650 Kilobytes per second and standard IP bandwidth potential of over 1 Mbps, up from 492 Kbps on…
The Deadliest Catch counts on satellite dispatch radio in Northern Alaska
The Situation While most folks opt for jobs that are safe and free from danger, there are others that choose careers such as mining, law enforcement, fire rescue, mining, crabbing, and more. It may come as a surprise to learn that Alaskan crabbers top the list of people with the most dangerous job. Crabbers are…
The ISatData Pro provides a unique satellite m2m global solution
If you are interested in learning everything there is to know about machine-to-machine (M2M) satellite communication solutions, you need look no further than the team of Inmarsat, Skywave and International Satellite Services. At the top of their services list is the low data rate solution known as the IsatData Pro, that gives users the capability…