Inmarsat coverage is now GLOBAL! Inmarsat have now completed their successful satellite repositioning programme and are able to confirm the introduction of global coverage for the portfolio of broadband services—BGAN; FleetBroadband and SwiftBroadband and the deployment of the satellite phone services across two I-4 spacecraft. The successful repositioning of five satellites in five months and the integration of the associated ground infrastructure worldwide is a remarkable achievement for Inmarsat and they can now benefit from offering global coverage, optimised data rates, improved equipment performance and enhanced user-experience. Looking ahead for 2009, Inmarsat are prepared with a new fully-optimised, fully-funded global I-4 constellation, complemented by their existing I-2 and I-3 satellites, the enhanced network helps them to provide high-quality, reliable services that will fulfil end-users requirements well into the 2020s. Should you wish to discuss any of Inmarsat products or services, please don’t hesitate to contact your local SatCom Global sales office.

Based in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A., Iridium Satellite LLC, a privately held company, is the only provider of truly global satellite voice and data communications solutions with complete coverage of the entire Earth including oceans, airways and even Polar Regions. Iridium delivers reliable, secure, real-time, mission-critical communications services to and from areas where landlines and terrestrial-based wireless services are either unavailable or unreliable.

Iridium's constellation consists of 66 low-earth orbiting (LEO), cross-linked satellites operating as a fully meshed network and supported by multiple in-orbit spares. It is the largest commercial satellite constellation in the world.

The company supplies both voice and data connections. Voice services are provided via dedicated handsets, or through a variety of installed communications systems onboard ships, aircraft and land-based vehicles. Increasingly incorporated into hundreds of applications, Iridium's 9601 short burst data (SBD) transceiver provides packet data connections to every corner of the Earth, transferring location information, weather reports, email, or any other data requiring a reliable, global, two-way connection.