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Car accidents… childbirths… grass fires… heart attacks… sports injuries—Miami-Dade Fire Rescue deals with hundreds of such events everyday while serving some 2.1 million people spread over almost 2000 square miles in Florida. And if that activity isn’t enough to keep the department busy, when hurricanes, earth quakes, floods, volcano eruptions, or air crashes occur around…

DigiGone, your “secure” solution for low bandwidth connections via mobile satellite communications. Does your Mobile Satellite Communication bandwidth require a secure solution? More and more Inmarsat BGAN Service customers are discovering the secrets of Diginonymous’ range of DigiGon solutions. Recently we spoke with George Spohn, one of the firm’s key players, to find out why…

DEADLIEST CATCH Captain Sig Hansen can’t say enough good things about the Thrane & Thrane Fleetbroadband 500 marine satellite services terminal currently operational on his 126 foot crabber, the Northwestern. Risking life and limb working the treacherous and unpredictable waters of the Bearing Sea, Captain Hansen and his crew rely on the revolutionary technology afforded…

For the third time the organizers of the Volvo Ocean Round the World Race, the world’s most prestigious yacht race, have again selected Inmarsat Services to deliver essential satellite voice and data connectivity, broadcast quality HDTV and rich multi-media content necessary to relay all the action and drama to millions of fans across the globe.…

The leading provider of worldwide mobile satellite communications services, Inmarsat, just announced the availability of a data service on the iSatPhone Pro satellite phone. This new circuit switched data enhancement will now support data rates up to 20kbps. “IsatPhone Pro is ideally suited for use as a data service,” said Drew Brandy, Director of Land…

The BGAN service provides a remote solution in the Andes for a new prototype body sensor for use in high altitude environments. This data was transmitted via BGAN back to a location in France. This evaluation went on for 3 weeks as these sensors were put to the test on the summit of Mount Aconcagua…

Light users in new sectors to benefit from Marine Satellite Services pricing Inmarsat has just announced new Fleetbroadband marine satellite services pricing packages that focus on the smaller fishing and leisure vessels. “These plans will help Inmarsat and its partners tap into new and growing markets for light marine vessels,” said Kyle Hurst, Inmarsat’s maritime…

Just a dot on the vast map of Indonesia, the Mentawai Islands are no less vulnerable to nature’s wrath as tsunamis in 2004 and 2010 proved. The latest tsunami struck the islands of Sipora, Pagai Utara and Pagai Seletan in October 2010 as a three-metre (nine-foot) wave swept through 20 villages, killing at least 435…

South American Adventurers “Protected” with mobile satellite communication. Perhaps better known as the “last wild race”, the 2011 Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race takes competitors on the annual 10-day challenge, routing them on a secret and isolated route across plains, mountain glaciers, forests and lakes – on foot and by Kayak and mountain bike. The 15…

The iSatPhone Pro satellite phone with up to 8 hours of talk time and 100 hours in standby mode operates via the reliable Inmarsat satellite network. The iSatPhone Pro Satellite phone offers the lowest per minute rates in the industry and now the phone is data capable. Now with the help of OCEN’s Mail and…