Inmarsat and
Globalsat Group Expand
Regional Footprint
23
October, 2014
Inmarsat announced that
its IsatPhone
portfolio is now
approved for operation
in Brazil. The handheld
satellite phones provide
reliable voice, data and
GPS location services
globally whether at sea
or on land, ensuring
seamless and reliable
communications in areas
where terrestrial and
mobile networks cannot
reach.
Inmarsat’s
market-leading satellite
phones can now be
distributed by Globalsat
Brazil, Brazil-based
operating member of
Globalsat Group, a
leading provider of
mobile satellite
services in Latin
America since 1999.
IsatPhone Pro and
IsatPhone 2 operate over
Inmarsat’s award-winning
global I-4 satellite
network with an average
network availability of
99.9 percent across the
world. This has made the
phones a favorite of
emergency first
responders; humanitarian
aid organizations;
journalists reporting
from the field;
companies operating in
the mining, oil and
maritime industries; and
other organizations
whose activities take
them to areas where
other forms of
communications are
unreliable or
nonexistent.
“We are expanding our
service offerings into
Brazil, the
seventh-largest economy
in the world and one of
the fastest-growing,
because we see a
tremendous potential for
growth in the satellite
communications space in
the country,” said
Robert Darias, Director
of Sales in Latin
America for Inmarsat’s
Enterprise business
unit. Darias discussed
growth opportunities in
the Brazilian satellite
market at the Congresso
Latino-Americano
Satélites in Rio de
Janeiro in September.
Each phone, with its own
unique features, is
engineered to operate in
extreme conditions,
providing peace of mind
to the users that they
can remain in contact at
all times, even in the
absence of a fixed
terrestrial or cellular
network.
“Ranking fifth among the
countries of the world
in territory, Brazil has
many remote areas where
reliable voice and data
connections are required
but difficult or
impossible to find,”
said Alberto Palacios,
CEO of Globalsat Group.
“We are excited to
finally provide
companies and government
entities operating in
such industries as
mining, power, shipping
and humanitarian relief
the ability to
communicate where and
when it’s needed most.”
