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Inmarsat

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Inmarsat: see Communications Satellite Corporation Communications Satellite Corporation (Comsat), organization incorporated (1962) by an act of Congress to establish a commercial system of international communications using artificial satellites. Although government sponsored, it was financed by a public stock issue.
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; communications satellite communications satellite artificial satellite that functions as part of a global radio-communications network. Echo 1, the first communications satellite, launched in 1960, was an instrumented inflatable sphere that passively reflected radio signals back to
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Inmarsat
(Inmarsat plc, London, www.inmarsat.com) A satellite communications company that provides voice and data services to the maritime, transportation and aeronautics markets as well as providing general Internet access from any location on the globe with its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN). Formerly International Maritime Satellite, Inmarsat was founded in 1979 as a British intergovernmental organization (IGO) to serve the maritime industry. It became a private company in 1999 and a public company in 2005. See BGAN.


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Accepting the award, Samer Halawi, vice president of Strategic Corporate Development at Inmarsat, said, "We are honored to accept the award for Best Satellite Provider and would like to take the opportunity to thank our industry peers, and all our regional partners, for their support and commitment to Inmarsat.
BGAN X-Stream will be demoed live at the Inmarsat stand in Zabeel Hall, stand Z-C25.
Inmarsat said BGAN service, introduced after six years of development, will provide high-speed Internet access and voice services around the world, enabling data transfer speeds of up to 492kb/s.
 
 
 
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