Suitcase-Sized Kit Enables Voice, Data and Internet Communications for Continued Operations during Emergencies, Crisis, and Disaster Recovery
OSLO, Norway, and ROCKVILLE, Maryland - Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Telenor of Norway (Oslo Stock Exchange: TEL and NASDAQ: TELN), today unveiled its mobile satellite emergency communications response kit, enabling voice, data and Internet communications during emergencies where the local infrastructure is damaged or destroyed.
The kit is designed to give emergency responders, government agencies, and humanitarian relief organizations the ability to readily establish essential communications for rapid response. The kit also provides businesses affected by storms, emergencies, or crisis the ability to immediately re-establish essential communications for continuity of operations.
Telenor’s mobile satellite communications kit weighs only 28 pounds (12kg) and includes everything needed to rapidly establish voice and broadband data satellite communications. The kit includes a Hughes Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) terminal, a foldable solar panel to generate power, VoIP and ISDN handsets for telephone calls, extra rechargeable batteries and a power adapter to use DC power, and an accessory kit with current adaptors for use domestically and internationally. The kit is packaged in a ruggedized Pelican airtight carrying case, making it easy to transport and stow.
“Mobile satellite communications have proven in recent emergencies to be an essential tool for emergency responders, relief and recovery workers, and for businesses trying to keep their operations functioning during crisis situations,” said Bo Norton, vice president of Channel Sales for Telenor Satellite Services, Inc. “Telenor’s mobile satellite emergency response kit is specifically designed to be carried into an emergency area to keep telephony and Internet communications up and running regardless of the conditions of the local infrastructure.”
Telenor’s BGAN service offers users high-speed IP-based broadband communications plus simultaneous voice (telephony) calling via a portfolio of small, lightweight user terminals. The robust communications service from Telenor is especially useful for a variety of IP-based applications such as streaming video, videoconferencing and Web browsing. The service allows businesses and organizations to extend networks to their remote operations sites.
Telenor Satellite Services is the only BGAN Distribution Partner to offer TerralinkTM, a proprietary IP networking platform and Global Points of Presence (PoP) Network enabling Telenor’s BGAN users to take IP networking to higher levels of performance and capability.
Telenor Mobile Satellite Communications Kit
Terralink enables IP-connectivity for all BGAN services, including the robust new Streaming IP services with guaranteed data rates up to 256Kbps. Terralink offers a range of service connection options, each with increasing levels of service quality and security. The premium option enables end-to-end security and guaranteed bandwidth for BGAN users through easy and cost-efficient access to Telenor’s worldwide customer interconnect points.
For additional information on Telenor’s mobile satellite emergency communications kit and to find the nearest Telenor service provider, contact Telenor Customer Care at +301 838 7700 or customer.care@telenor.com.
About Telenor:
Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Telenor is an international provider of high quality telecommunications, data and media communication services. Telenor is one of Norway’s largest companies with 2005 revenues of approx NOK 68.9 billion (approximately US$ 10.1billion) and a workforce of 20,900 located in Norway and abroad. Telenor is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (TEL) and NASDAQ in New York (TELN).
Telenor Satellite Services is the world’s preferred provider of global communications solutions via satellite for customers on land, at sea, and in flight. Telenor’s expanded product portfolio offers broadband satellite solutions, on demand services, and an innovative menu of value-added services capable of meeting communications requirements of users around the globe. Telenor also offers The Source®, a Web-based account management system available exclusively to Telenor Service Providers. Telenor Satellite Services owns and operates a global network of teleports located at Eik (Norway) and Southbury (Connecticut) and Santa Paula (California) in the United States, and operates VSAT hubs at facilities in Nittedal (Norway) and Prague (Czech Rep). The company uses the satellite systems of Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, New Skies, Satmex, Thuraya and Telenor’s own satellites for its services.
Telenor Satellite Services Web site is: wwwtelenor.com/satellite.