News
01-02-2012 - A star player with the New York Mets swapped the baseball diamond for the slopes of Kilimanjaro to raise money for a charity supporting the victims of sex trafficking in India.
26-01-2012 - Inmarsat has launched BGAN M2M, a new two-way IP data service targeting the growing global market for machine-to-machine communications.
19-01-2012 - Students from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) put their solar-powered vehicle - plus BGAN and IsatPhone Pro - to the test when they drove 1,864 miles (3,000 km) across Australia's Outback.
04-01-2012 - A star player with the New York Mets is swapping the baseball diamond for the slopes of Kilimanjaro to raise money for a charity supporting the victims of sex trafficking in India.
03-01-2012 - Inmarsat is reaching out to partners and customers like never before following a reorganisation within the company.
14-12-2011 - A Russian expedition that aims to be the first to conquer the Himalayan mountain K2 during winter will send back live video reports of its progress via BGAN.
06-12-2011 - Inmarsat has won a prestigious innovation award recognising BGAN's broadband data capabilities.
27-10-2011 - Emergency mobile communications from Télécoms Sans Frontières have been helping doctors treat the many wounded in war-damaged Sirte, Libya.
27-10-2011 - Australian search and rescue teams are dropping emergency survival packs that contain an IsatPhone Pro handset to vessels in danger.
12-10-2011 - Inmarsat is to launch a new machine-to-machine (M2M) terminal for its BGAN service.
04-10-2011 - A live mobile radio show used BGAN to beam broadcast-quality music and reports from the Techno Parade in Paris.
29-09-2011 - The son of legendary mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary relied on IsatPhone Pro when he led a charity trek in the Himalayas.
29-09-2011 - Members of the intergovernmental Arctic Council saw Inmarsat communications in action at the edge of satellite coverage during sea rescue training exercises.
29-09-2011 - IsatPhone Pro came out on top when it was pitted against a leading competitor in an independent trial of satellite phones.
15-09-2011 - Inmarsat has been named Global Satellite Operator of the Year by a panel of industry experts at World Satellite Business Week 2011.
30-08-2011 - Co-ordination between Inmarsat and LightSquared ensured emergency responders were able to deploy satellite communications reliably and effectively when Hurricane Irene struck the US east coast.
04-08-2011 - IsatData Pro, a new low data rate machine-to-machine (M2M) service for managing and communicating with remote assets around the world, was launched on 4 August.
01-08-2011 - Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) has dispatched a team to the Dadaab region of north-east Kenya to assist famine relief efforts in the Horn of Africa.
18-07-2011 - Inmarsat is sponsoring an intrepid cyclist who is embarking on a 12-month trek on a tandem bike from South Africa to the UK for charity.
01-07-2011 - For the fourth year, SkyWave Mobile Communications and its partner, Rivercross Tracking, provided near real-time vehicle tracking for the annual Rhino Charge race in Kenya.
23-06-2011 - Inmarsat has launched IsatPhone Link, a new global fixed satellite phone service, based on the award-winning IsatPhone Pro handheld phone.
21-06-2011 - Next-generation internet protocol (IP) services have been successfully trialled across Inmarsat's BGAN network.
08-06-2011 - A search for Genghis Khan's tomb has been greatly expanded with virtual exploration being carried out by the public and BGAN providing a vital link to archaeologists.
07-06-2011 - Inmarsat has won a major accolade at the Middle East's leading telecoms forum for making an exceptional contribution to the development of satellite services in the region.
10-05-2011 - IsatPhone Pro users looking to send emails and exchange files using the global handheld satellite phone's new data capability can now choose from a range of third-party applications.
20-04-2011 - Inmarsat-sponsored aid agency Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) has won an award for its use of space-based technology to support its disaster relief work, writes Livia Caruso.
15-04-2011 - More than 30,000 calls have been made by refugees fleeing the conflict in Libya, using mobile satellite services provided by Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF).
24-03-2011 - Inmarsat and Boeing have successfully completed a key design and engineering milestone in preparation for the delivery of three state-of-the art satellites.
17-03-2011 - A new low data rate tracking, monitoring and messaging service called IsatData Pro has been developed by Inmarsat and its partner Skywave Mobile Communications.
10-03-2011 - New prototype body sensors for use at high altitudes have been tested in the Andes with BGAN being used to transmit the data back to France.
25-02-2011 - First responders and broadcasters in New Zealand turned to mobile satellite communications after a major earthquake claimed many lives and destroyed numerous buildings in Christchurch.
18-02-2011 - Inmarsat has awarded a new contract to iDirect - a world leader in satellite-based IP communications technology - to provide the ground network infrastructure and core module technology for integration into satellite terminals for its new Global Xpress™ service.
14-02-2011 - Inmarsat has been named Satellite Services Provider of the Year in the annual Digital Studio awards.
10-02-2011 - Adventure racers taking part in the 2011 Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race have to use their own navigation skills to find their way - but the organisers can rely on Inmarsat to provide the very latest logistics and safety communications.
09-02-2011 - Emergency services responding to Cyclone Yasi, which devastated Australia's Queensland coast during the night of 2 February, are receiving praise from around the world.
04-02-2011 - Mentawai islanders who survived the tsunamis of 2004 and 2010 have more chance of escaping future disasters thanks to emergency communication kits from Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF).
04-02-2011 - An independent study of the leading handheld satellite phones on the market has validated Inmarsat's claims for IsatPhone Pro, and concluded that it outperforms the Iridium 9555 and Thuraya XT in a number of critical areas.
18-01-2011 - The Inmarsat-sponsored Brazilian Petrobras Lubrax team finished the 2011 Dakar Rally safely, winning first place in the super production bikes category and scooped first place for a "rookie" driver in the car category.
17-01-2011 - London's Natural History Museum is hosting live satellite video conferences with scientists on an expedition deep in the rainforests of Borneo.
13-01-2011 - Two young French environmentalists are helping eco-projects in remote regions of South America publicise their work to the outside world via BGAN.
12-01-2011 - The Space Foundation has recognised Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) for its work in providing emergency communications during natural disasters.
10-01-2011 - The Brazilian Petrobras Lubrax team, taking part in the 2011 Dakar Rally, is finding the IsatPhone Pro a life saver as it tackles the gruelling 10,000km (6,250m) route through the Andes and Atacama Desert.
10-01-2011 - Inspired by the new film 127 Hours, a British tabloid newspaper has rated IsatPhone Pro as one of the best pieces of safety kit available.
05-01-2011 - Massive floods affecting millions of people in Colombia prompted a call for emergency communications assistance from Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF).
23-12-2010 - The Dakar Rally - the world's toughest off-road race - will rely on IsatPhone Pro for communication.
21-12-2010 - Inmarsat ends 2010 on a high note by climbing to the top of an annual league table of most admired companies.
03-12-2010 - BGAN has won an award recognising Inmarsat's outstanding achievement in the telecommunication sector in the Middle East and Africa.
26-11-2010 - Displaced victims of the Pakistan floods, struggling to survive three months after losing everything in the disaster, are being offered a satcoms lifeline.
17-11-2010 - Brazil elected its first woman president - with Inmarsat BGAN helping to gather votes from more than 1,400 remote election stations across the country.
05-11-2010 - Two emergency telecoms teams have been deployed by Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) as the worst floods for decades devastate parts of southern Thailand.
03-11-2010 - Télécoms Sans Frontières has pledged to stay in the remote Indonesian islands hit by a tsunami until it has set up an emergency satcoms system for use in future natural disasters.
01-11-2010 - A Télécoms Sans Frontières team has joined relief efforts after a tsunami struck the remote Mentawai Islands off the coast of Sumatra.
29-10-2010 - For the second consecutive year, Inmarsat has been awarded 'Best Satellite Service Provider of the Year' in recognition of its leadership and excellence in the telecoms sectors of South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.
15-10-2010 - News of the dramatic rescue of the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for two months was relayed around the world by TV broadcasters using Inmarsat BGAN.
04-10-2010 - Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) has completed its mission in Pakistan following the devastating floods, having provided 94,000 destitute people with free phone calls.
15-09-2010 - The world's first ever large-scale SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) network based on BGAN has been deployed for a major oilfield services company to monitor and control hundreds of unmanned sites.
15-09-2010 - A mountaineer dubbed the 'cancer climber' was interviewed live via BGAN on US TV from the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.
02-09-2010 - A range of Inmarsat services proved key to a multi-national disaster response exercise involving more than 30 African nations.
27-08-2010 - More than 2,000 families affected by the floods in Pakistan have been contacting loved-ones with news, thanks to humanitarian calling centres run by Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF).
23-08-2010 - Flood victims in Pakistan are receiving essential support from humanitarian relief agencies using emergency communications provided by Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF).
06-08-2010 - Inmarsat has agreed a contract with Boeing for the delivery of three state-of-the-art 702HP Ka-band satellites which, through a new network, will deliver speeds of up to 50 megabits per second (Mbps) to customers.
26-07-2010 - A BGAN-powered emergency telecoms kit helped save lives when The Philippines was hit by the first typhoon this season.
16-07-2010 - Football fans in Cameroon were kept up to date with the latest World Cup news of their national team thanks to BGAN X-Stream.
