New mobile broadband satellite transmission service. (Network News).From November 18, 2002 France Telecom marketed a mobile broadband Description Mobile Broadband is a type of wireless internet access that differs from Wi-Fi. Mobile Broadband is the name used to describe the 3G services which are made possible by HSDPA and HSUPA, the latest technologies on the W-CDMA evolutionary path. satellite transmission service: the Regional BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) A mobile satellite network service launched in 2005 from Inmarsat plc that allows users around the world to connect to the Internet or a corporate network. . Regional BGAN is a solution for international organisations and professionals in construction, mining, the oil and gas industries, transport, agriculture, tourism, NGOS NGOS Next Generation Operating System , finance and the media, who need to connect to their corporate networks quickly and reliably. At the same time, the service offers developing countries a cost-effective entry into the Internet age. Comment: Regional-BGAN is the latest development in data services from Inmarsat. The service enables the user to access the Internet or a corporate Intranet and transmit huge volumes of data more than twice as fast as current terrestrial GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. mobile services, at 144 Kbit/s under a shared channel. Regional-BGAN meets a strong market demand, Since at present almost 20% of France Telecom revenues in mobile satellite services is for data transmission uses. In today's business environment, permanent access to information in remote places where no IP data network is available is often critical for organising work and for decision-making, and this applies to many different sectors. Regional-BGAN is available across the Middle East, North Africa, Western and Eastern Europe, large parts of the Commonwealth of Independent States Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), community of independent nations established by a treaty signed at Minsk, Belarus, on Dec. 8, 1991, by the heads of state of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Between Dec. 8 and Dec. (CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S ) and the Indian sub-continent, which represent a total of 99 countries. The service is operated via a lightweight (less than 1.5kg-24 x 30 x 4.3 cm) portable terminal, which acts as a satellite IP modem and delivers high-speed IP connectivity across a 144 Kbit/s shared channel. Claimed Characteristics: * Always-on communication--access to information just as if the user was sitting in his office. The terminal has a 1 hour charge in connexion and 36 hours in sleep mode. * Ease of use--the modem is simple to operate and has a rapid Plug and Play capacity with PCs (Bluetooth, USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. or Ethernet interface connectivity). It is compatible with Windows 98SE/20001 NT4.01 XP et Mac OS X. * Reliability--consistent high-quality access to IP-based networks including the Internet and critical corporate data networks. * Affordability--users are charged only for the amount of data sent and received and not for the time connected. www.inmarsat.com |
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