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INMARSAT, the Total Communications Network™, is the world’s leading
provider of global mobile satellite communications solutions for
enterprise and governments. The company has 25 years’ experience of
designing, implementing and operating innovative satellite communication
networks that are used extensively
around the world.
Inmarsat has a broad market base and by September 2003 the company had
over 287,000 terminals registered for use on land, on sea or in the air.
Inmarsat delivers its services through a global network of 260 partners,
including some of the world’s largest telecoms companies such as Telenor,
Stratos, Xantic, France Telecom, KDDI and SingTel. The company offers a
portfolio of voice and data services which ensure that wherever the
deployment, there is fast, reliable and secure
communications
facilities.
Inmarsat provides connectivity in regions of the world, developed and
developing, where there is no service available, or where that service
does not offer the reliability, functionality, security, connectivity or
value for money that is required by the user. For the future, Inmarsat
is following a strategy that will place it at the heart of the
convergence between IT, communications and mobility. In December 1999,
the company announced a major investment in a fourth generation
satellite system, Inmarsat I-4, which will provide data services at up
to 432 kbits/s
when available in 2005. |