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Telenor Selected as Provider for Inmarsat’s New Global Satellite Service |
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OSLO, Norway & ROCKVILLE, Md., April 22, 2005/Satnews Daily/ — Telenor Satellite Services announced on Thursday its selection as a premier service provider of the next generation mobile satellite communications, Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN).
BGAN, currently planned for commercial launch in 2005, will offer high-speed circuit-switched and packet data services, plus voice telephony, via a portfolio of small, lightweight user terminals.
The enhanced capabilities of the BGAN system are made possible through a new generation of satellites, known as Inmarsat 4, the first of which was successfully launched in March 2005, and is now being prepared to begin service. The Inmarsat 4 generation of satellites, says Telenor, will be the most powerful communication satellites ever launched by any commercial organization.
"Telenor is focusing its resources on training and preparing our global distribution network to offer BGAN service on the day it becomes commercially available," said Tore Hilde, chief executive officer of Telenor Satellite Services.
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