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Stratos is First Inmarsat Distribution Partner to Provide a Worldwide Single IP Access Service

Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today provided a worldwide single IP access service called Public IP Access, the newest component of the Stratos IP Access family of services.

For consumers requiring a static IP address to run their applications over Inmarsat mobile broadband satellite services, Public IP Access enables the use of a single IP address that works globally. This eliminates the need to change IP addresses when traveling from region to region, thus making it easier than ever to deploy Inmarsat BGAN, FleetBroadband and SwiftBroadband services.

With one simple click on Stratos Dashboard, customers choose one default IP address they can use anywhere in the world – without the need to enter a username and password in the terminal. No terminal intervention is required.

Stratos is the first Inmarsat Distribution Partner to offer this convenient service. Public IP Access will become commercially available next month.

“More than 3,000 of our BGAN, FleetBroadband and SwiftBroadband customers use multiple static IP addresses as they work around the globe. Public IP Access enables these customers to keep the same IP address wherever they travel,” stated Stratos President and CEO Jim Parm. “We have worked closely with Inmarsat to develop this new service and we have made significant investments in network optimization to enable fast, easy service implementation.”

Since the introduction of BGAN in 2005, Stratos has continually enhanced its global BGAN infrastructure to ensure its consumers receive the most productive mobile broadband experience, well into the future.

A key development to introducing Public IP Access, is Stratos’ new network Point of Presence (POP) in Hong Kong, which extends the reach of StratosNexus (Stratos’ backbone IP infrastructure). This new POP is in addition to existing Stratos POP locations in Amsterdam and New York. Stratos delivers the consumer-managed Stratos Trench firewall solution on all three POPs, a feature that is not available from Inmarsat on the Inmarsat shared infrastructure. Each Stratos POP benefits from its own regional infrastructure with local terrestrial, Internet access and region-based IP addresses.

This vast global network provides Stratos customers the flexibility to choose the most efficient traffic routing for their needs – to achieve the lowest latency and the shortest route to their headquarters.

About The Stratos Advantage

Stratos customers fully utilize The Stratos Advantage, a suite of value-added services that help elevate BGAN, FleetBroadband and SwiftBroadband from Stratos far above baseline offerings. These value-added services, including Stratos Dashboard, keep costs within budget by monitoring airtime and restricting unauthorized usage. The services provide users with cost control, instant provisioning, firewall management, full traffic information, pre-paid facilities, high security options, easy VPN access, messaging services and full IP range.

About Stratos

Stratos is the world’s trusted leader for vital communications. Stratos offers the most powerful and extensive portfolio of remote communications solutions including mobile and fixed satellite and microwave services. More than 20,000 customers use Stratos products and industry-leading value-added services to optimize communications performance. Stratos serves U.S. and international government, military, first responder, NGO, oil and gas, industrial, maritime, aeronautical, enterprise, and media users on seven continents and across the world’s oceans.

Three Weeks Are Needed To Fix Rain-Affected Satellite Broadband

Hundreds of satellite broadband units haven’t been able to withstand the heavy rains in Queensland and northern NSW, and some people have been without internet access for weeks.

Some outdoor units from service provider IP STAR have taken on water, and replacement parts have had to be flown in from overseas.

The units were delivered under the Federal Government’s Australian Broadband Guarantee initiative, designed to give people in rural Australia access to faster internet.

The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy’s first assistant secretary, Keith Besgrove, informed it may take another three weeks until the problem is fixed.

“It does seem the unit is susceptible to humidity as well, but the major complaints have been from people experiencing difficulty in the last month or two as a direct result of high rainfall.”

ITU Launches Satellite Interface Standard for Cell Phones

The International Telecommunication Union has released a new standard which it claims will boost mobile services in the areas of roaming and compatibility.

The standard will be added to the IMT-2000 (3G) satellite interface to improve common mobile tasks such as international roaming, high-speed data transfers and compatibility.

The organisation informed that the recommendation ITU-R M.1850 identifies satellite radio interface specifications for IMT-2000 systems which, by means of one or more radio links, deliver access to a wide range of telecommunication services.

The ITU added that the update would support the main IMT-2000 standard, and there would be no negative impact on existing specifications.

ITU secretary-general Hamadoun Touré welcomed the new standards, explaining that they would increase broadband access for remote areas or those not covered by conventional wired connections. Touré said that they would not have been possible without the input of government and industry experts.

The ITU is already developing new satellite interfaces for IMT-Advanced, the next generation of its standards.

“IMT-Advanced provides a global platform on which to build the next generations of interactive mobile services that will provide faster data access, unified messaging and broadband multimedia,” the group informed.

“The satellite component of IMT-Advanced will be designed to cope with increasing demands from the rising number of users in terms of peak bit-rate and aggregate throughput, and will have greater flexibility to simultaneously support many different types of services.”