BBC and Fox News have been providing ongoing coverage of the political crisis in Egypt using Inmarsat BGAN mobile satellite services from Stratos Global.

The subsidiary, Net Africa Arabia, can provide BGAN service across 85 percent of the world.

Commencement of BGAN service coincided with Inmarsat's Dec. 7 launch of the new global voice and broadband data service

The company signed its first BGAN contract with a major 24-hour news channel only weeks after the launch of commercial service.

The new premium IP streaming service guarantees minimum data rates of 384kb/s to about 450kb/s

The sub-laptop-sized Wideye Sabre 1 enables users to conduct simultaneous telephony and IP data communications.

Agiosat Global Communications, a provider of satellite communication and network technologies based in Burbank, Calif., has made its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service available in North and South America. BGAN, a new satellite communications system developed by Inmarsat , offers high-speed connectivity

The satellite will bring broadband global area network service to most areas in the United States