Established back in 1979 as a way to help ships communicate back to their home-bases wherever they are in the world, is Inmarsat now the world’s leading internet connectivity provider?
By: Ringo Bones
When Inmarsat Group CEO Rupert Pearce recently announced
their latest satellite launch back in August 29, 2015, anyone knowledgeable with
the company started to remember how far the company has come since its days as
a satellite communications system provider to ships so that they can
communicate with their home-bases wherever they are in the world. But what are
currently Inmarsat is setting its sights to providing internet connectivity to
parts of the world not yet serviced by the world’s mainstream internet service
providers due to their remote locations.
If Inmarsat has its way, airline passengers travelling at
595 miles per hour at 40,000 feet will be guaranteed broadband connectivity
which, at present, such privilege is still the preserve of first-class
passengers. Plans for affordable versions of such in-flight broadband
connectivity service for ordinary airline passengers are already in the works
at Inmarsat thanks to the lower costs of launching telecommunications
satellites compared to just a decade ago. Currently, Inmarsat’s communication
satellites are providing connectivity to the remote parts of Africa not yet
serviced by other telecommunication companies.
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