Inmarsat
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Philippine satellite comms market still viable
News Satellite communications services can provide local miners guaranteed broadband access in areas not covered by GSM networks, says Inmarsat.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Network infrastructure, Satellite, Mobile, Philippines, phone, network, industry, information technology, mobile network
Wallem sails the high seas
Insight Maritime industry is undergoing a makeover, with more changes expected in mobile broadband communications, says Wallem CIO Patrick Slesinger.
Tags: IT Management, Mobile/Wireless, Web services, Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, IT budgeting
Text messaging while airborne
News Starting July, select Singapore Airlines flights will allow text messages to be sent via Short Messaging Service (SMS) to mobile phone users around the world.
Inmarsat readies for mobile push
News Satellite company is to launch mobile and fixed satellite handsets this year but expects data services to remain the bulk of future business.
Tags: Handhelds, Mobile/Wireless, Network infrastructure
Sat phone service plans world domination
News Inmarsat has teamed up with satellite operator ACeS and plans to start rolling out the service in Asia by end 2006.
Tags: Cellular phones, Handhelds, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications
Firm unveils inflight text messaging
News update Airline passengers may soon be able to send and receive text messages in midflight.
China to get in-flight mobile by 2009
News Shenzhen Airlines plans to install new communications technology that will enable its passengers to make voice calls and send text messages on their mobile phones.
Tags: Mobile, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Wireless e-mail devices
U.K. in-flight mobile gets air-safety green light
News Air France will be the first airline to install the airborne GSM equipment on its short-haul aircraft and plans to start offering the service from July.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Network infrastructure
Smart to expand Philippine satellite coverage
News Mobile operator signs deal with Inmarsat to extend its satellite communications services, complementing its existing SMARTLink voice service, and may eventually be used to deliver Internet access.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile platforms/communications
Smart pushes Philippine expansion
News Mobile operator buys 30 percent stake in Irish GSM company Blue Ocean Wireless, extending its service to allow the use of mobile phones on sea vessels.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications
Satellite comms to bridge digital divide?
News The UN agency for information and communications issues is looking to the heavens to bridge the digital divide.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications
NASA prepares trial for Moon mobiles
News Even in the cosmos there will be no escaping the ringtone as NASA and the British National Space Centre prep a mobile network for the moon.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless
Wallem embraces blogs, wikis
Insight Implementing new business applications, knowledge management systems and blogs are some of the many projects keeping Wallem Group CIO Patrick Slesinger busy.
Tags: Web 2.0, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Business applications, Knowledge management, Data mining & analysis, Data warehousing/business intelligence, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing
Does Skype make sense for business?
Insight special report Skype is hoping to move from being a consumer application for low-cost Net telephony to a tool to enable business communications. Will enterprises bite?
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Peer to peer
UK leads in Galileo-procurement shortlist
News The U.K. satellite-communications industry has made a strong showing in the shortlist of companies bidding to build Europe's GPS alternative.
Tags: GPS, Mobile platforms/communications, Satellite, Logica, India, European Space Agency, Japan, Russia, Germany, U.K.
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