Stratos Appointed as
Global Distribution Partner for Inmarsat Satellite Phone
Services
(18 June 2007) Stratos Global Corp.,
the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote
communications solutions, today announced it has been appointed as a global
Distribution Partner for Inmarsat's upcoming Satellite Phone
Services.
Inmarsat's Satellite Phone Services will offer a
competitive alternative to the handheld, fixed and maritime solutions that are
currently available in the marketplace. The services will offer high quality
voice connectivity via small and affordable equipment with attractive postpaid
and prepaid rate plan options.
Inmarsat's Satellite Phone Services,
scheduled to launch early in the third quarter of this year, will initially be
available in most of the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions, where
Stratos is a leading communications provider to both land and maritime
customers. Full global coverage is currently expected by the end of
2008.
Customers using Inmarsat Satellite Phone Services from Stratos
will benefit from the Stratos Advantage, a suite of value-added services that
help make satellite communications more productive and affordable. Most notable
is Dashboard from Stratos with which the new Inmarsat services will be fully
integrated. Dashboard provides real-time information on the amount of traffic
used for voice and data, and the associated costs, and is currently used by
thousands of Stratos BGAN customers around the globe.
Today's
announcement follows Stratos' earlier Distribution Partner appointments for
Inmarsat's SwiftBroadband and FleetBroadband services which will also become
available over the Inmarsat I-4 satellites later this year. The addition of
these new services will bring enhanced choice and performance to all Stratos
customers.
"We are excited to add Inmarsat Satellite Phone Services to
our extensive portfolio of communications solutions," said Ronald Spithout,
Stratos Senior Vice President, MSS Marketing and Sales, Worldwide. "We look
forward to enhancing the customer experience with our suite of specialised,
value-added services designed to help our customers and partners realise
financial savings and cost control."
About Stratos
Stratos, with
over a century of service, is the world's trusted leader for vital
communications, offering the most powerful and extensive portfolio of remote
communications products, including mobile and fixed satellite and microwave
services. Stratos' more than 20,000 customers use our services on seven
continents and across the world's oceans. Stratos serves US and international
government, military, first responder, NGO, oil and gas, industrial, maritime,
aeronautical, enterprise, and media users.
(source: Stratos
Global)