Vizada to Distribute Inmarsat Handheld Service

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizada, the leading independent satellite communications provider, has been selected by Inmarsat as distribution partner for Inmarsat’s Global Satellite Phone Services (GSPS).

GSPS is a family of handheld mobile satellite phones which enable users to make a voice call, send text messages and use GPS navigation services from anywhere in the world. Vizada and Inmarsat are working together to launch the first product in the global handheld family, the IsatPhone Pro for land-based users. The launch is due end of Q2 2010, and maritime and secure products from the GSPS family will be launched at planned intervals thereafter.

The IsatPhone Pro will be aimed at customers based in remote areas requiring a reliable and rapidly-deployable handheld phone with global coverage for safety, improved on-site coordination, contact with headquarter offices etc. Typical users will be government and military customers, journalists, NGO workers, and remote-based employees of mining or oil & gas companies.

Vizada’s IsatPhone Pro service will include training, 24-hour customer care & trouble shooting as well as competitive pricing packages. Above all, Vizada will combine a number of applications and tools from its Vizada Solutions™ portfolio, including prepaid solutions, access to The Source®, Vizada’s web-based information system enabling service providers to track and manage GSPS end-user accounts, and Satellite Direct® for low-cost fixed to mobile calling.

“Vizada is the leading provider of handheld satellite service in the world today, and we are delighted to include Inmarsat’s IsatPhone Pro in our portfolio,” said Bob Baker, President and COO, Vizada Americas. “With over ten years of experience in the handheld market, combined with Inmarsat’s excellent reputation in the MSS arena, Vizada together with our service providers will ensure that the IsatPhone Pro’s launch and market penetration are a success.”

“We welcome the decision of Vizada to become a launch distribution partner for our Global Satellite Phone Services,” said Perry Melton, Chief Operating Officer of Inmarsat. “Vizada will be able to draw on many years’ experience of distributing Inmarsat services, with a wide range of value-added services that will be highly beneficial for introducing these new services globally.”

Vizada

Vizada is the leading independent provider of global satellite communications, with more than $700 million in 2008 revenue, and more market share on more satellite networks than any other satellite communications provider in the world. Vizada customers include commercial, military and business aircraft, merchant shipping vessels, emergency response teams, government and military units, news gathering organizations, and Fortune 500 companies. Vizada offers fixed and mobile communications services using multiple satellite network operators, including, Eutelsat, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, Loral, New Skies, SES Americom and Thuraya. Gateway access to these networks is made possible through the Vizada Global Teleport Network – five state-of-the-art facilities strategically positioned around the world. Vizada also provides Vizada Solutions™, leading edge technologies for IP & networking, messaging, business tools, prepaid solutions, fixed2mobile services and secure communications. Vizada has regional centers of operation located in Washington D.C., United States for the Americas and Paris, France for Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia.
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