As an Inmarsat Independent Service Provider (ISP), AOS offers a complete range of voice and multimedia communications services and equipment. Users include ship owners and managers, journalists and broadcasters, health and disaster-relief workers, land transport fleet operators, airlines, airline passengers and air traffic controllers, government workers, national emergency and civil defense agencies, and peacekeeping forces.
A call from an Inmarsat mobile terminal goes directly to the satellite overhead, which routes it back down to a gateway on the ground called a land earth station (LES). From there the call is passed into the public phone network.
Inmarsat was the world’s first global mobile satellite communications operator and is still the only one to offer a mature range of modern communications services to maritime, land-mobile, aeronautical and other users.
Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN)
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Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network service – BGAN – is Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network – BGAN – is the world’s first mobile communications service to provide both voice and broadband data simultaneously through a single, truly portable device on a global basis. It is also the first to offer guaranteed data rates on demand. More… |
IsatPhone is Inmarsat’s new mobile satellite phone service, providing a simple, highly affordable way of staying in touch.
Robust, compact and competitively priced, IsatPhone is ideal for business travellers and personal users who travel or work in areas where local networks are unreliable or non-existent.
IsatPhone brochure [ PDF ]
Inmarsat LandPhone overview [ PDF ]
Inmarsat GAN (M4)
The Inmarsat M4 service is a combination of mini-M’s low-speed voice, fax, and data capabilities with Inmarsat B’s High-speed Data (HSD) feature. An additional feature of M4 is the Mobile Packet Data Service (MPDS) that provides “always on” IP connectivity. Users of this service only pay for data packets transmitted and received. Inmarsat M4 also utilizes the same spot beam satellite technology as mini-M, making it very small, lightweight, and power efficient. The transportable terminal is the size of a laptop and weighs approximately 7 kg.
- Voice, fax, and data capabilities (2.4 Kbps)
- 64 Kbps High-speed Data (HSD)
- Mobile Packet Data Service (MPDS) with up to 64 Kbps IP connectivity
- Portability
- Affordability
- SIM card convenience
- Secure voice, fax, and data services
Inmarsat Mini-M
Inmarsat Mini-M offers cost-effective and reliable voice, fax, and data communications from virtually anywhere in the world. Utilizing spot beam satellite technology, mini-M terminals are the smallest, lightest, and most power-efficient of all of the Inmarsat voice terminals.
Transportable terminals are the size of a notebook computer and weigh less than 5 kg including internal batteries. Marine terminals have radomes measuring 0.15 m in height and weigh approximately 5 kg.
- Voice, fax, and data capabilities (2.4 Kbps)
- Portability
- Affordability
- Individual user accounts with SIM cards
- Secure voice, fax, and data services
Inmarsat B
The Inmarsat B system provides separate channels for voice, telefax, fax and data, as well as 64 Kbps high-speed data (HSD) option, making it an advantageous choice for high-volume satellite communications users. Transportable terminals are the size of a small suitcase and weigh 15-20 kg. Maritime terminals have radomes 1.0-1.2 m in height and weigh 60-70 kg.
- Voice at 16.0 Kbps
- Fax at 14.4 Kbps
- Data at 9.6 Kbps
- High-speed Data (HSD) at 64/56 Kbps
- LAN/WAN links
- Video conferencing
- Full-service digital communications
- GMDSS
- Secure voice, fax, and data services
Inmarsat A
As Inmarsat’s inaugural service, Inmarsat A analog service offers high-quality voice communications and provides easy connectivity to modems, fax machines, and other office communications equipment. Also offered is a digital 64 kbps High-speed Data (HSD) service with Inmarsat A.
Inmarsat C
Inmarsat C is a store-and-forward data messaging service, offering users anywhere in the world access to Internet, fax, and e-mail.
