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To: Geoff Goodfellow who wrote (3916)	4/15/1999 2:42:00 PM
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Inmarsat Launches High-Speed Satellite ISDN Service (Newsbytes; 04/15/99) LONDON, ENGLAND, 1999 APR 15 (Newsbytes) -- By Sylvia Dennis, Newsbytes. Wireless data services using a mobile phone are almost invariably limited to 9,600 bits-per-second (bps) or 14,400 bps. Now though, Inmarsat has launched the industry's first satellite-fed mobile ISDN (integrated services digital network) service, operating at a 64, 000 bps. These kinds of full duplex data speeds have never before been available on a truly mobile basis within one country, Newsbytes notes, let alone on a near- global basis that Inmarsat is offering from its series of geostationary satellites. To access the service, users need a simple Inmarsat terminal that, in its first edition, which will ship this summer, tips the scales at four kilos (nine pounds), although this weight looks set to fall in future models, Newsbytes notes. The idea behind the service is the allow companies to integrate their mobile and field workers' PCs or cluster of PCs, into the main corporate network on a truly wireless basis. Andrew Ivey, Inmarsat's marketing manager, said that, using the Inmarsat mobile ISDN service will allow organizations to extend their local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) capabilities to work with customers, suppliers and manufacturers, no matter where in the world they are. "These new capabilities are a natural development of Inmarsat's portfolio of global, mobile data services, in which we continue to witness a growth in demand," he said. According to Ivey, 40 percent of traffic flowing across the Inmarsat network today is data. "We anticipate that this will grow to 70 percent by 2003," he said. Newsbytes understands that the mobile ISDN terminals are being manufactured by three vendors initially -- Nera of Norway[ nera.no ], Thrane & Thrane of Denmark[ tt.dk ], and STN Atlas Elektronik of Germany[ stn-atlas.de ]. Plans call for volume shipments of the terminals to start later this year. According to Inmarsat, several of its distributors have already contracted to supply the mobile ISDN service in their regions around the world. These include BT in the UK, Comsat in the US, France Telecom, T-Mobil in Germany, Station 12 in the Netherlands, Stratos in Canada, and Telstra in Australia. Terminal and usage pricing will be announced this summer. Inmarsat's Web page is at inmarsat.org . Reported by Newsbytes News Network, newsbytes.com . -0- (19990415/Press Contact: Elizabeth Hess, Inmarsat, +44-171-728-1256/WIRES TELECOM, BUSINESS/) This article was sent to you by an Inquisit subscriber who thinks you may be interested in subscribing to our service. To find out more about Inquisit, or to sign up for a free trial subscription, visit us at inquisit.com. Delivered via the Inquisit(TM) business intelligence service. All articles Copyright 1999 by their respective source(s); all rights reserved.