India- Inmarsat has appointed Gautam Sharma to head its operations in India. Mr Sharma joins Inmarsat having most recently held a series of senior international positions with telecommunications equipment and services company Huawei. He becomes managing director for India at Inmarsat; a market with significant strategic importance for the UK-listed company. … [Read more...] about Inmarsat makes key appointment
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Inmarsat appoints MD
Inmarsat has appointed Gautam Sharma to head its operations in India. Mr Sharma joins Inmarsat having most recently held a series of senior international positions with telecommunications equipment and services company Huawei. He becomes managing director for India at Inmarsat; a market with significant strategic importance for the UK-listed company. … [Read more...] about Inmarsat appoints MD
Type Approval for GX terminal
Inmarsat has announced the granting of full Type Approval for Skyware’s ATOM 99 terminal, for use over Inmarsat’s new, globally available, high-speed broadband service; Global Xpress (GX). Skyware’s ATOM 99 terminal will enable media and broadcasters to take the new lightweight, portable receiver dish to where the news is happening anywhere in the world, providing high quality live broadcast capabilities in even the most inaccessible regions. … [Read more...] about Type Approval for GX terminal
Inmarsat and MCN joint venture
Inmarsat has signed a Heads of Terms agreement with Beijing Marine Communication & Navigation Company Ltd. (MCN), leading to a joint venture (JV) to provide aircraft cabin and cockpit connectivity solutions in China’s fast-growing commercial aviation market. The Inmarsat services that would be provided through the JV include Global Xpress (GX) Aviation and SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S). GX Aviation will launch this year as the world’s first broadband in-flight connectivity solution with … [Read more...] about Inmarsat and MCN joint venture
Inmarsat enhances airline broadband
Inmarsat has outlined its long-term aviation broadband roadmap to ensure that rising demand for fast, reliable and global passenger in-flight connectivity is met for the next five years and beyond. Inmarsat’s GX network, which entered commercial service in December 2015 and currently includes three powerful Ka-band satellites, will provide the international bandwidth capacity needed to meet existing and near-term demand from airlines. As part of the aviation broadband roadmap, it also … [Read more...] about Inmarsat enhances airline broadband
Singtel and Inmarsat partners
Singapore / London- Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel) and Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) have entered into a strategic partnership to enhance maritime cyber security using Trustwave’s Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution. Trustwave, the cyber security arm of Singtel, will provide the software-based UTM service to be integrated with Inmarsat hardware onboard ships, to protect data and reduce cyber risk for maritime companies. The UTM service offers a suite of cyber security … [Read more...] about Singtel and Inmarsat partners
