With BGAN's Debut, Inmarsat Eyes Voice Business Rebound

摘要

Mobile satellite services fleet-op-erator Inmarsat's new mobile-broadband product is expected to begin commercial service in December, with 14,000 terminals already ordered from three hardware suppliers, Inmarsat officials said. London-based Inmarsat is counting on the new service, called Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN), to permit the company to make inroads in the market for Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs), which are stationary satellite terminals used by large businesses to communicate with branch offices.