Company partners with OCENS to launch comprehensive suite of satellite data services for both maritime and land based customers
MILPITAS, CA. - Globalstar, Inc., a world leader in providing mobile satellite voice and data services, announced today that it has partnered with software and communications company, OCENS, to launch a new comprehensive suite of data services. OCENS Mail, WeatherNet and GRIB Explorer products are now available to Globalstar subscribers in the United States, providing optimized email transfer speeds and important weather and ocean information services via the Globalstar satellite network.
OCENS Mail for Globalstar will provide satellite customers with the capability to transfer emails 20 times faster than when using standard email software. The program is optimized for the Globalstar network, offering virus scanning, filtering and mail forwarding services and works with existing email services such as Outlook Express. OCENS WeatherNet will provide customers with the capability to access some 20,000 weather related products including; weather charts, satellite imagery, sea surface temperature, sea surface height, currents and other ocean data, text reports and a vast collection of specialized gridded binary (GRIB) weather and ocean products through OCENS GRIB Explorer software.
“The OCENS suite for Globalstar features improved data compression rates with effective data transfer speeds of up to 38 kbps, bringing significant potential cost savings to our customers,” said Dennis Allen, Senior Vice President of US Sales and Marketing for Globalstar, Inc. Mr. Allen added, “Productivity in both land based and maritime segments may be enhanced by allowing important information and emails to be sent and received more rapidly. Now that we are in the midst of hurricane season, maritime users may also benefit from products designed to provide time critical weather information. Commercial fishing data available through the various services is also virtually unparalleled.”
Globalstar currently packages its satellite mobile and fixed units with free trial versions of each of the new OCENS products along with its standard Express Data compression tool. For additional sales information regarding these new Globalstar data products please www.globalstarusa.com/ocens
About OCENS
OCENS data services and software merge easy-to-use applications with unprecedented content offerings to affordably deliver data to remote users around the world. Using patented pull-me technology, OCENS WeatherNet provides fast access to the world’s widest selection of weather and ocean information. GRIB Explorer is the first robust viewer for highly compressible, next generation gridded environmental content and OCENS Mail accelerates the transfer of email over wireless phone connections. OCENS augments its software core with hardware solutions that address the unique requirements of its remote mobile user base.
For more information regarding OCENS, please visit OCENS’ web site at www.ocens.com.
About Globalstar, Inc.
With over 200,000 activated satellite voice and data units, Globalstar offers high value, high quality satellite services to commercial and recreational users in more than 120 countries around the world. The company’s voice and data products include mobile and fixed satellite telephones, simplex and duplex satellite data modems and flexible service packages. Many land based and maritime industries benefit from Globalstar with increased productivity from remote areas beyond cellular and landline service. Global customer segments include; oil and gas, government, mining, forestry, commercial fishing, utilities, military, transportation, heavy construction, emergency preparedness, and business continuity as well as individual recreational users. Globalstar data solutions are ideal for various asset tracking, data monitoring and SCADA applications.
For more information regarding Globalstar, please visit Globalstar’s web site at www.globalstar.com