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

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

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

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

In the Americas, BGAN service relies on an Inmarsat satellite (I-4) launched last November and positioned in geostationary orbit over Brazil

The satellite will bring Broadband Global Area Network service to most areas in the United States