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Iridium OpenPort™ On Track For Commercial Availability

Introducing Iridium OpenPort™ — the world’s first and only global voice and data service engineered for the maritime market. Easy to install, and surprisingly affordable, Iridium OpenPort delivers up to three phone lines for simultaneous use and features always-on data with speeds up to 128 kbps — on an all-IP backbone.

IP-based GSM cells give freedom in network design

Satellite-based network provision is undergoing a metamorphosis, thanks to the picocell, which is simple to install IP-based local replacement for a remote terrestrial base station and fully compatible with standard GSM handsets Traditional non-terrestrial GSM technology was relatively crude affair based on transporting a standard GSM interface over a dedicated satellite link. In other words connecting a base transmitter station (BTS) to a base station controller (BSC) using the industry-standard.