Inmarsat Partners With Stratos For BGAN Mobile Satellite Service

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Inmarsat

Bethesda MD (SPX) Jul 07, 2004
Stratos Global Corp., a leading global communications services and solutions provider, announced Tuesday it has been chosen by Inmarsat Ltd. as a prospective Launch Partner for Inmarsat's forthcoming Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service, scheduled for commercial launch in 2005.

As a Launch Partner, Stratos will work directly with Inmarsat during the pre-launch period to prepare business systems, assess market opportunities and develop a suite of value-added services to provide end users and distributors with maximum flexibility in purchasing and managing BGAN service.

As the next-generation mobile satellite service from Inmarsat, BGAN will offer near-global coverage for telephony and high-speed data services using small, lightweight satellite terminals.

BGAN packet data service is planned to be available in two options - a background IP option billed by the amount of data sent and received, and a streaming IP option billed by the minute with a guaranteed constant bit rate.

"As the leading global provider of the full suite of current-generation Inmarsat services, Stratos is a logical choice as a BGAN Launch Partner for Inmarsat," said Jim Parm, Stratos' president and chief executive officer.

"The company is truly excited about the potential of the next-generation BGAN platform to expand the market for mobile satellite services even further, and looks forward to working closely with Inmarsat during the critical pre-launch period."

BGAN service will be provided using a new generation of satellites, known as Inmarsat 4 - scheduled to be launched in the first quarter of 2005 - that will be the most powerful communication satellites ever launched by a commercial organization.

BGAN terminals will receive data from the satellite at speeds up to 432 kbps and will support circuit voice calls and ISDN. Terminals will connect directly to a PC using a standard PC card, USB, BlueTooth or 802.11B connection for wireless data.

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Inmarsat Acquisition Finalised

London - Dec 18, 2003
Inmarsat confirms that the final approval process for the acquisition of the company by funds advised by Apax Partners and Permira has been successfully completed, following overwhelming support for the transaction from shareholders on 1 December and official Court approval for the Scheme of Arrangement on 16 December.

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