Stratos Global Corporation will provide the Government of Canada (GoC) with a dedicated channel (also known as a lease) on Inmarsat's BGAN mobile broadband satellite service. The agreement represents the industry's first ever provision of BGAN Lease Service.

This BGAN Lease Service, valued at more than CAD$2 million, is being provided by Stratos as part of the ITSB-Stratos contract established in October 2008 through a competitive RFP process. This contract facilitates the provision of a variety of Inmarsat mobile satellite products and services to all departments of the Canadian Federal Government under ITSB-managed mobile satellite services. Last year, Stratos also became the first company granted a license by Industry Canada to offer BGAN to Canadian businesses and government agencies. Under the terms of the ITSB-Stratos contract for managed Inmarsat services, an ITSB client agency will utilize a dedicated channel on one of Inmarsat's new I-4 satellites for mobile broadband voice and data.