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May 13th, 2009

Inmarsat BGAN X-Stream's New Audience — Al Jazeera English — Courtesy Of Stratos Global


Stratos Global BGAN homepage Stratos Global Corporation is the first media organization to deploy the new Inmarsat BGAN X-Stream mobile broadband satellite service for Al Jazeera English .

Al Jazeera English began using BGAN X-Stream from Stratos to broadcast live television news coverage of military developments from Pakistan on May 6th. Al Jazeera English has since used BGAN X-Stream daily for live broadcasts throughout the Middle East region. Al Jazeera English is the sister television news network of the Arabic-language Al Jazeera Satellite Channel. Stratos worked closely with its U.K.-based channel partner, Applied Satellite Technology Ltd. (AST), to deploy this solution for Al Jazeera English. BGAN X-Stream from Stratos enables media organizations to perform at optimal levels at any remote location imaginable. Journalists can effectively use BGAN services with minimal training. With the help of its channel partners worldwide, Stratos is again the first Inmarsat Distribution Partner to achieve an important BGAN milestone. In October, Stratos was the first to achieve 10,000 BGAN activations. Stratos and AST have to date provided Al Jazeera English with 45 Hughes 9201 BGAN terminals to successfully broadcast live news coverage. Sixteen of those terminals use the BGAN X-Stream service. Al Jazeera English is using QuickLink software for live and file-based video transport and acquisition over IP.