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Canadian Dep’t of Defense Selects Stratos for Inmarsat Satellite Services |
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BETHESDA, MD, March 15, 2006/Satnews Daily/ — The Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) has awarded Stratos Global Corp. (TSX: SGB) a National Individual Standing Offer (NISO) to provide Inmarsat leased satellite capacity services in support of land and sea-based operations.
According to Stratos, the three-year award, with an estimated total value of $21.63 million (CDN$25 million), will facilitate the renewal of longer-term leased capacity services that the Canadian DND currently has with Stratos, as well as providing a mechanism for additional capacity as required. The offer also includes two one-year options for extension after the conclusion of the initial term in 2009.
As part of the award, Stratos will provide the Canadian DND with its Enhanced Leasing Service (ELS), which uses advanced modem modulation techniques to increase throughput on a standard 100 kHz Inmarsat leased satellite channel from 64 kbps to 128 kbps without the need for additional space segment. With ELS, military and large commercial maritime fleets have twice the available bandwidth to support voice, data and fax communications, including ship-based crew calling and e-mail, using Inmarsat-B satellite systems.
In addition, ELS allows multiple terminals to simultaneously share a single leased channel, with per-terminal, user-controlled data rates of 32, 64, 96, and 128 kbps, in any combination up to the combined maximum rate of 128 kbps.
Stratos provides Inmarsat leased channel services and is the only Inmarsat Land Earth Station Operator (LESO) with facilities and installed equipment to access all five Inmarsat second- generation satellites, which together provide coverage in nearly every part of the world.
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