Ashbury SatCom - Inmarsat iSatPhone

Inmarsat has stood at the forefront of the mobile satellite services industry for nearly 30 years. Inmarsat have unique, unrivalled experience in designing and operating satellite communications networks. Inmarsat are internationally recognised as pioneers in their field and continue to introduce new technologies that redefine the standard  for the industry.

The Inmarsat name is synonymous with reliable,  secure, global mobile satellite communications. Inmarsat offer a complete portfolio of mobile voice and data services to almost anywhere on the planet, whether  on land, at sea or in the air. Customers include major corporations from the maritime, media, oil and gas, construction and aeronautical industries, as well as governments and  aid agencies.

What all these customers have in common is the need for dependable mobile communications in places where the local network is unreliable or simply does not exist. They rely on Inmarsat to provide mission-critical mobile connectivity and Inmarsat's services are a trusted and integral part of their global operations.

Inmarsat services are available through a worldwide network of partners, such as Ashbury SatCom. As well as being some of the world’s leading telecommunications service providers, all Inmarsat Service Providers have specialist satellite industry experience and work together with Inmarsat to develop innovative, bespoke solutions for organisations all over the world.

The successful launch of Inmarsat's latest generation of satellites – the Inmarsat-4s – with their significantly enhanced power and capacity, laid the foundations for the evolution of Inmarsat's services.

Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network service – BGAN – offers global voice and high-speed data connectivity to land-based customers, through terminals which are about the size of a laptop. FleetBroadband and SwiftBroadband deliver this capability to our maritime and aeronautical customers – completing our vision of Broadband for a mobile planet™.

Inmarsat’s leadership of the mobile satellite communications industry was reinforced with its entry into the satellite phone market. A global service based on a new generation of handsets will be rolled out in 2009.

And in future, when you make a mobile phone call or send a text message from an aircraft, most likely it will be transmitted via Inmarsat satellites to the ground.

Inmarsat were founded in 1979 to ensure that ships could stay in constant touch by telephone. In 1999, Inmarsat became the first intergovernmental organisation to transform into a private company and, in 2005, were floated on the London Stock Exchange.