Inmarsat readies to deliver first global high-speed mobile broadband

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Inmarsat readies to deliver first global high-speed mobile broadband --

Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:58

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Inmarsat, a provider of global mobile satellite communications services, is investing US$1.6bn in the delivery of Global Xpress, which will create the world s first globally available, high-speed mobile broadband service, delivered through a single network operator.

Inmarsat-5 F2 will provide superfast broadband Global Xpress or GX services covering the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean. The launch of Inmarsat-5 F2 (I-5 F2) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is set to take place at 12h31 (GMT) on 1 February. Inmarsat s fifth generation satellites which form the GX network have all been built by Boeing Satellite Systems International Inc. in California. The launch is being undertaken for Inmarsat by International Launch Services (ILS) using a Proton launch vehicle.

Global Xpress will deliver broadband speeds more than 100 times faster than the company s fourth generation (I-4) constellation. It will offer new opportunities for end-users, in both the public and private sectors, to significantly enhance their connectivity and to access bandwidth-hungry applications, even in the remotest and most inaccessible regions of the world.

Inmarsat is planning to commence global commercial GX services early in the second half of the year. The new network, which complements Inmarsat s existing fleet of L-band communication satellites, will deliver seamless, superfast mobile broadband services across the planet.

Rupert Pearce, CEO of Inmarsat said, Through Global Xpress, the world can move forward from the Internet of Everything to the Internet of Everywhere , in which high-speed, reliable and secure connectivity is available anywhere and at any time even in the most inaccessible regions for customers on the move or to fixed locations. We believe that our new global network will power innovation, support economic development and help transform social services, from education to healthcare, in regions not adequately served or not served at all by terrestrial networks.

Watch the Inmarsat Global Xpress video

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