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Wessex Water uses BGAN Satellite Vehicular System
Wessex Water, a British utility company equips its rapid deployment emergency response teams with BGAN satellite by Inmarsat. The company currently provides water and sewage services to nearly 1.3m people across the south-west of England. Company Managers decided to upgrade their communications systems to support a rapid response in remote areas where cell phone service…
How can I send and receive emails through my satellite phone?
Looking to send data over your satellite phone but don’t know where to begin? Problem solved…and for less than the cost of dinner for 4 with a bottle of wine in a nice restaurant! Iridium, Inmarsat, Globalstar, Thuraya, or Lightsquared, regardless of which constellation or which portable satellite internet device you’re using, with XGATE together…
Is Satellite Phone technology really that difficult to use?
Satellite Communications Technology Complicated or… not so much? One of the most often asked questions that we get from prospective portable satellite internet and voice customers concerns the skill level required to operate the communications terminal itself. Because the technology behind the construction, launching and operation of the satellites themselves is so incredibly complex the…
Typhoon Yolanda victims find communication relief with sat phones
Perhaps as many as 10,000 people have perished with hundreds of thousands more displaced from their homes in the Philippines as a result of Typhoon Haiyan. Named “Yolanda” by the Filipino authorities, the typhoon is considered by many to be one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, storms in recorded history causing…
Crash Helmets and Satellite Phones
The other day I was on the internet Christmas shopping for a crash helmet for my teen age son. He’s recently gotten involved in an activity that makes wearing a helmet the prudent thing to do. Although Florida does not have a helmet law…our family does. The first thing that jumps out at you is…
How To Transform Your Smartphone Into A Satellite Phone
In today’s day and age, the ability to communicate across wide swaths of space, including those without traditional cell coverage, is a major need for many people and entities. This is particularly important for those who want to continue utilizing your smartphone with advanced capabilities, and one strong approach here is transforming your smartphone into…
Malaysia Airlines MH370 - Inmarsat Satellites Provide Some Clues
March 26, 2014 Although the cause of the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines MH370 remains a mystery, apparently the ultimate fate of the airliner does not. Based on intense analysis of satellite data provided by the British satellite communications company INMARSAT, the Malaysian government has concluded light MH370 terminated in the Southern Indian Ocean. In a…
2 is Better Than 1 - Strategic Partnership Between Satellite Providers
Naples, Fl April 1st, 2014 – LightSquared, operators of the MSAT communications satellite constellation, are pleased to announced a multi-year strategic partnership agreement with ViaSat, Inc. ViaSat offers fixed and mobile satellite network services, which features ViaSat-1, the world’s highest capacity satellite; satellite broadband networking systems; and network-centric military communication systems and cyber security products…
A Dispatch Radio that works when nothing else does
Without a doubt the MSAT G2 Dispatch capable satellite radio is the satellite terminal of choice when it comes to North American emergency response and crisis management. There are several reasons for that but the primary one is that DISPATCH RADIO WILL FUNCTION WHEN NOTHING ELSE DOES. Dispatch Radio service operates independently of all public…