Products and Services

Stratos is an international telecom service provider offering customers operating in remote locations a variety of voice , fax, data and wireless Internet Protocol (IP) solutions form a range of newly emerging and established satellite technologies. Stratos provides a comprehensive array of remote communications solutions for land and marine customers including:

Iridium
Inmarsat-A/-B (B-HSD)/- C/-M/-GAN(M4)/mini-M, Fleet, Regional BGAN
MSAT (MSV)
VSAT (very small aperture terminal)
Globalstar
Fixed Wireless

Personal Satellite Services

Stratos offers worldwide Iridium handheld voice and paging services, Inmarsat mini-M and Inmarsat-M4 mobile satellite services , Regional BGAN data services, Globalstar handheld voice and data services, as well as cost-effective MSAT regional solutions for customers needing lightweight, easy-to-use portable communications.

Stratos' Iridium services offer:

Global voice, data, SMS and paging service
Simple pricing plans with flat rates for calls from anywhere to anywhere in the world
10 kbps data via internal Hayes compatible modem
SIM cards for enhanced control and ability to rent/share phones
One phone number worldwide

Stratos' Inmarsat mini-M services offer:

Cost-effective and reliable voice, fax, e-mail, Internet access and STUIII/IIB (2.4 kbps) virtually worldwide
Lightweight (less than 2.3 kg or 5 lb.), portable (roughly the size of laptop computer) and easy to use Nera and Thrane & Thrane units
Optional use of Inmarsat mini-M big dish antenna (twice the size of portable unit's built-in antenna) delivering lower per-minute costs for the same services
Optional Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards allow multiple personnel to use the same terminal and be billed individually

For mobile customers on land with high-speed data requirements, Stratos offers Inmarsat-M4 delivering:

High-speed data services (56/64 kbps) and voice services to users operating anywhere in the world
Truly portable terminals weighing less than 5 kg (11 lb.)
Terminals optimized for use with ISDN services
Terminals also offer MPDS-Mobile Packet-Data Service, bringing "always-on" connectivity to users in the field
Higher analog modem throughput (28.8 kbps) than Inmarsat-B (9.6 kbps)
Hardware and service rates below Inmarsat-B
Optional SIM cards for segmenting airtime by account

For customers with even larger data requirements, Stratos offers Inmarsat's Regional BGAN service, which has the following features:

A laptop sized, light, cost-effectively priced portable satellite IP modem
Standard interfaces: serial, USB, Bluetooth
Increased speed and data capability, up to 144kbit/s over a shared, secure channel
"Always on" access to the Internet and other computer networks within a satellite footprint which covers 99 countries stretched across north, central and western Africa, as well as the Middle East , Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent
Users charged by quantity of data sent and received, rather than by connection time
Connectivity at more than twice the speed of current terrestrial GPRS systems or 2.5G. Regional-BGAN service utilizes the Thuraya network and is nearly 12 times faster than GSM.

VSAT Services - Stratos manages VSAT (very small aperture terminals) data networks for industrial customers working in remote locations such as liquids and natural gas pipeline companies, electric utilities, water and waste management agencies, environmental monitoring and emergency management organizations as well as retail, gas and convenience stores. Stratos offers:

Fully scalable networks - starting from 2 remote sites
Specialization in SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) applications for data collection and monitoring of remote customer assets
Networks suitable for video event monitoring, automated meter reading, SCADA, LAN interworking , point-of-sale transactions, batch/file transfer
Customized SCADA-SAT terminals supporting ASYNC, X.25 and TCP/IP protocols
24-hour proactive network monitoring ensures high network availability

Stratos' Globalstar services offer:

Voice communications based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital technology
Voice mail and call forwarding features
A range of multi-mode phones and accessories from leading manufacturers
Short messaging service (SMS), data and fax (as data) at 9.6 kbps

Stratos provides regional MSAT (MSV) satellite services within North America, Central America, the Caribbean and hundreds of miles of surrounding waters. Service benefits include:

Cost-effective voice, fax and data capabilities at 4.8 kbps
Portable, fixed site and marine terminals and accessories from leading manufacturers: Westinghouse and Mitsubishi
PIN (personal identification number) billing option offering the convenience of departmental billing and limiting the risk of unauthorized calls
Stratos' MSAT Satellite Dispatch option which provides a two-way, voice-based communication tool that allows dependable, real-time radio functionality between individuals, selected groups (e.g. talkgroups) or entire fleets of up to 10,000 users

Value-Added Services Building on more than 10 years experience in mobile satellite services, Stratos has developed a number of unique value-added data and voice solutions.

StratosNet® Internet Service - StratosNet is an integrated Internet service for mobile satellite users optimized for cost-effective communications through Inmarsat and MSAT (MSV) satellite networks. Unlike conventional Internet Service Providers (ISPs) designed to handle standard terrestrial modem speeds (of 28.8 kbps and higher), Stratos has tailored its service to the mobile satellite user. StratosNet offers built-in compression in conjunction with web access, Internet email and file transfer protocol (FTP) capabilities.
StratosMail E-mail Service - StratosMail allows registered shore-side customers around the world to exchange messages with Inmarsat-A/-B Telex or Inmarsat-C through any e-mail software or service.
Prepaid Value Cards - The perfect choice for "one-time" satellite users, such as passengers on cruise ships, customers merely scratch off the card's PIN number and make calls until its entire value has been consumed.
StratosConnect Calling Cards - StratosConnect calling cards allow an individual to combine all their calls to and from any Stratos terminal on a single monthly invoice. It is well suited for calls to a vessel and lets customers save the high surcharges - up to 50% - imposed on calls to Inmarsat satellite terminals by some telephone companies.
StratosOne - StratosOne is a unified messaging system that supports e-mail, telex and fax. A message is prepared once, regardless of the number and address of recipients, through the mobile messaging client. The StratosOne hub then automatically and seamlessly handles the conversion between e-mail and other delivery formats.
Fixed-to-Mobile HSD Service - As a result of growing interest in the ability for a fixed ISDN line to initiate the call to the mobile or remote terminal, Stratos now offers a fixed-to-mobile high speed data service to all Inmarsat HSD users. Since this is a High-Speed Data service, the customer will require an ISDN service at their premises. Stratos will assign a standard ISDN telephone number to the High-Speed Data number (64k IMN) of a specific terminal, on a one-to-one basis. This greatly simplifies the dialing sequence, as you only need to call a standard telephone number from your ISDN line.

To learn more about Stratos' products and services, please visit our web site: www.stratosglobal.com