News Releases
Stratos Introduces ChatCard Online 5.0 to Enhance its Prepaid Crew Calling Services -Bethesda, Maryland (December 3, 2008) Stratos Global Corp., the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today introduced ChatCard Online 5.0 to improve the order-processing performance of its popular ChatCard and eChatCard maritime crew calling services. In the coming weeks, Stratos will seamlessly migrate all ChatCard Online customers to ChatCard Online 5.0.
FURUNO and JRC Invest in New JSAT MOBILE Joint Venture -
Bethesda, Maryland, November 6, 2008 - Stratos Global Corporation (Stratos) today announced that FURUNO Electric Co., Ltd. (FURUNO) and Japan Radio Co., Ltd. (JRC) and have become shareholders in JSAT MOBILE Communications Inc. (JSAT MOBILE). FURUNO and JRC, both leading marine electronics manufacturers, will each assume a 10 percent share in JSAT MOBILE.
Stratos formed the joint venture company JSAT MOBILE in August with SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) to serve the mobile satellite communications needs of Japanese businesses and government agencies. Stratos is a leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions. SKY Perfect JSAT is a leading satellite operator in the Asia-Pacific region.
Stratos Introduces New BGAN-Based SCADA Service -
Bethesda, Maryland (November 4, 2008) - Stratos Global Corp., the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today introduced its new BGAN SCADA service to provide high-performance connectivity for remote, unmanned SCADA applications.
Stratos Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results -
BETHESDA, MD (October 29, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the world's trusted leader in delivering vital voice, data and IP communication services today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008.
Tesacom, Stratos and Addvalue Conclude World's Largest Deployment of BGAN Mobile Satellite Service -
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (October 28, 2008) - Tesacom, Stratos Global Corp. and Addvalue Communications today announced the conclusion of their successful deployment of a 1,200-site BGAN mobile satellite network for the Brazilian Electoral Superior Court (TSE). The companies completed their support of the final round of Brazil's municipal elections, which were held October 26. The multi-phase BGAN deployment began with support of the first election round on Oct. 6.
Stratos Reaches Milestone of 10,000 Active SCADA VSAT Sites -
Bethesda, Maryland (October 22, 2008) - Stratos Global Corp., the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has reached a milestone of 10,000 active supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) VSAT sites. The sites primarily support the upstream oil & gas, utility, water-management and tower-monitoring markets nationwide.
Stratos and Fugro Test Iridium Maritime Global IP Connectivity Service in Gulf of Mexico -
Bethesda, Maryland (October 15, 2008) Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has begun field testing of Iridium's OpenPort marine satellite system with Fugro onboard a vessel operating in the Gulf of Mexico.
Stratos is First Inmarsat Distribution Partner to reach 10,000 BGAN Activations -
Bethesda, Maryland, (October 9, 2008) Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has reached a milestone of 10,000 BGAN activations. Stratos is the first Inmarsat Distribution Partner to reach this impressive BGAN sales milestone.
Tesacom, Stratos and Addvalue Support Brazilian Elections with BGAN Mobile Satellite Service -
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (October 7, 2008) - Tesacom, Stratos Global Corp. and Addvalue Communications today announced they joined forces to successfully deploy a 1,200-site BGAN mobile satellite network to support the first round of Brazil's municipal elections on October 5th.
Stratos Adds Onboard Anti-Virus Capabilities to its AmosConnect Maritime Email Service -
Bethesda, Maryland (September 22, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced the commercial availability of AmosConnect Anti-Virus, the latest addition to its AmosConnect from Stratos maritime satellite communications service.
Next Generation of AmosConnect from Stratos Enhances Broadband Connectivity for Vessels at Sea -
Bethesda, Maryland (September 22, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today introduced AmosConnect™ 8.0, the next generation of its popular AmosConnect service.
Stratos Enhances Vessel Position Reporting for LRIT
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Bethesda, Maryland (September 11, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has signed an agreement with Thrane & Thrane to upgrade the Stratos Land Earth Stations (LES) to enable Enhanced Pre-Assigned Data Reporting (EPADR).
Stratos Successfully Deploys FleetBroadband for the Royal Netherlands Navy -
Bethesda, Maryland (September 2, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has successfully completed a FleetBroadband field trial with its long-standing customer, the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN).
Stratos and JSAT Form Joint Venture to Serve Mobile Communications Needs of Japanese Market -
Bethesda, Maryland, August 21, 2008 - Stratos Global Corporation (Stratos) today announced it has formed a joint venture company with JSAT Corporation (JSAT) to serve the mobile satellite communications needs of Japanese businesses and government agencies. The new company, called JSAT MOBILE Communications Inc. (JSAT MOBILE), will build upon the Japanese market success that Stratos has enjoyed over the past seven years. Stratos is a leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions. JSAT is a leading satellite operator in the Asia-Pacific region.
Stratos Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results -
BETHESDA, MD (July 30, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the world's trusted leader in delivering vital voice, data and IP communication services today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008.
Stratos is First Company Licensed to Offer BGAN Mobile Satellite Service to Canadian Market -
St. John's, Newfoundland (June 3, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced that its subsidiary Stratos Wireless Inc. has been granted a spectrum license by Industry Canada to offer the BGAN mobile satellite service to Canadian businesses and government agencies. Stratos is the first company licensed to offer BGAN to the Canadian market
Stratos Adds Global News Feature to its
AmosConnect Crew Communications Service -
Bethesda, Maryland (June 2, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today introduced AmosConnect Crew CommCenter, the latest version of its popular AmosConnect Crew satellite communications service. AmosConnect Crew CommCenter features an enhanced user interface and additional internal-communications and newswire services to make it even more appealing to crewmembers.
Stratos Expands its ChatCard Crew Calling Feature to Include Pre-Paid Internet Access -
Bethesda, Maryland (June 2, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today introduced ChatCard Data, a major enhancement to its popular ChatCard maritime crew calling feature.
Stratos Introduces StratosOceanView Web Portal for Vessel Tracking and Global Fleet Communication Monitoring -
Bethesda, Maryland (June 2, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today introduced StratosOceanView™, a new web-based service that provides fleet managers with global fleet communication monitoring and vessel tracking.
Stratos Selected as Distributor of Addvalue's
SABRE 1 BGAN Satellite Terminal -
Bethesda, Maryland (May 20, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has been selected as a global distributor of Addvalue Communications' Wideye SABRE™ 1 BGAN satellite terminal and its accessories.
Stratos Appointed as Global Distribution Partner for Iridium OpenPort Maritime Satellite Service -
Bethesda, Maryland (May 19, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has been appointed as a global distribution partner for Iridium OpenPort(SM) optimized-bandwidth marine satellite systems. Upon commercial availability in the third quarter of this year, Iridium OpenPort is expected to be the world's first and only truly global IP satellite data network.
Stratos Announces First-Quarter 2008 Results -
BETHESDA, MD (April 30, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the world's trusted leader in delivering vital voice, data and IP communication services today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.
Stratos to Support Volvo Ocean Race as Official Sponsor of Mobile Satellite Services -
Bethesda, Maryland (March 10, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it will serve as the official mobile satellite services sponsor of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09, the world's premier offshore yachting event.
Stratos Receives Prestigious Frost & Sullivan Award -
Palo Alto , Calif. , March 4, 2008 - Frost & Sullivan today announced that it has selected Stratos Global Corporation as the recipient of its 2007 North American Mobile Satellite Services Product Innovation of the Year Award. Stratos is recognized for its continuing technology innovation and value-added services, as well as for its significant recent growth and continued leadership in the global mobile satellite services (MSS) industry.
Stratos Introduces Global Maritime Satellite Service -
Bethesda, Maryland (February 26, 2008) – Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced the commercial availability of its OceanVSAT from Stratos global maritime broadband satellite communications solution.
Stratos Announces 2007 Year-End Results -
BETHESDA, MD (February 14, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the world's trusted leader in delivering vital voice, data and IP communication services today announced financial results for the year ended December 31, 2007. On December 11, 2007 CIP Investments Inc. (CIP Canada) acquired beneficial ownership of 100 percent of the Corporation's common shares.
Stratos Introduces Iridium Online Management Service -
Bethesda, Maryland (January 24, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today introduced Stratos Dashboard for Iridium, an online service that enables its Iridium customers to manage their global satellite phone service.
Stratos Introduces New SCADA VSAT Service for Oil, Gas and Utility Markets -
Bethesda, Maryland (January 15, 2008) - Stratos Global Corp., the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today introduced its DataSat II&trade shared-hub VSAT service to support supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) applications for U.S. upstream oil, gas and utility companies.
Stratos and CIP Announce Completion of Offer to Purchase Stratos' 9 7/8% Senior Notes Due 2013 -
BETHESDA, MARYLAND--(Marketwire - Jan. 15, 2008) - Stratos Global Corporation (TSX:SGB) today announced that CIP Canada Investment Inc. ("CIP"), parent company of Stratos, has completed its previously announced offer to purchase Stratos' outstanding 9 7/8% Senior Notes due 2013 (Registered CUSIP No. 862926 AB8; Rule 144A CUSIP No. 862926 AA0; Regulation S CUSIP No. C8617Q AA5) (the "Notes") upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Change of Control Notice and Offer to Purchase dated December 12, 2007 ("Offer to Purchase").
Acquisition of Stratos by CIP Canada Completed -
BETHESDA, MD (December 11, 2007) - Stratos Global Corporation (TSX: SGB) ("Stratos") today announced that CIP Canada Investment, Inc. ("CIP Canada") has acquired beneficial ownership of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Stratos through a Plan of Arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act for a cash purchase price of C$7.00 per share. The total transaction value, including the assumption of debt, is US$636 million.
Stratos Recognized as World's Top BGAN Distributor of 2007 -
Bethesda, Maryland (December 10, 2007) - Stratos Global Corp. (TSX: SGB), the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has been recognized by Inmarsat as the world's top BGAN distributor of 2007. At an Inmarsat awards ceremony in Prague on October 30th, Stratos received the award for the "Best Performing BGAN Distribution Partner". The award recognizes Stratos as the Inmarsat distribution partner with the strongest BGAN revenue growth for 2007.
Stratos Announces Final Regulatory Approval for CIP Arrangement -
BETHESDA, MD (December 10, 2007) - Stratos Global Corp. (TSX:SGB) today announced that it has obtained the final regulatory approval required to consummate the arrangement transaction with CIP Canada Investment, Inc. (CIP). The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued its order approving the transfer of control of licenses from Stratos to an irrevocable trust for which CIP is the sole beneficiary. Stratos shareholders previously approved the arrangement transaction with CIP at a shareholders meeting held on June 12, 2007. Stratos expects to complete the arrangement transaction with CIP in the next five business days.
Stratos Announces Commercial Availability of Inmarsat's FleetBroadband Maritime Communications Solution -
Bethesda, Maryland (November 19, 2007) - Stratos Global Corp. (TSX: SGB), the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced the commercial availability of its new maritime broadband satellite communications solution based on Inmarsat's FleetBroadband service. FleetBroadband from Stratos offers a wide range of value-added services to provide ship managers with optimal communications performance and cost efficiency.
Stratos Introduces GSM Oceanwide To Provide Global, Deep-Ocean GSM Service for Merchant Maritime Market -
Bethesda, Maryland (November 15, 2007) - Stratos Global Corp. (TSX: SGB), the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today introduced GSM Oceanwide, a dedicated, global GSM service for crewmembers and officers of merchant ships. GSM Oceanwide is the first service - using Inmarsat satellites - enabling seafarers to utilize their existing mobile phones onboard merchant ships in deep ocean waters, exactly as they would in port or on land.
Stratos Announces Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results -
BETHESDA, MD (November 7, 2007) - Stratos Global Corp. (TSX: SGB), the world's trusted leader in delivering vital voice, data, and IP communication services today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007.
Stratos Reaches Major Milestone With Its AmosConnect Maritime Email Service: 100 Million Messages Sent -
Bethesda, Maryland (October 25, 2007) - Stratos Global Corp. (TSX: SGB), the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has reached a milestone of 100 million messages sent via its AmosConnect from Stratos maritime satellite communications service.
Stratos Introduces Aeronautical Broadband Communications Solution
Supported by Inmarsat's SwiftBroadband Mobile Satellite Service -
Bethesda, Maryland (October 22, 2007) - Stratos Global Corp. (TSX: SGB), the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today introduced its new aeronautical broadband satellite communications solution based on Inmarsat's SwiftBroadband service. SwiftBroadband from Stratos is available now in packages designed for government and military agencies, commercial airlines and private jet owners.
Stratos To Announce Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results on November 7 -
BETHESDA MD (October 17, 2007) Stratos Global Corp. (TSX: SGB), the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced that it will report third quarter 2007 results on Wednesday, November 7, 2007, following the close of the Toronto Stock Exchange. Jim Parm, president and chief executive officer, and Paula Sturge, chief financial officer, will conduct a conference call with analysts to discuss these results at 8:30 a.m. EST, Thursday, November 8, 2007.
Stratos Adds AOS Inc.'s Skypipe® Network Optimization To Enhance Performance Of BGAN From Stratos -
BETHESDA, MD (October 15, 2007) - Stratos Global Corp. (TSX: SGB), the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has added AOS Inc.'s SkyPipe network optimization technology to its Stratos Advantage suite of value-added services - further differentiating BGAN from Stratos above baseline BGAN services.
Stratos Announces Commercial Availability of Inmarsat Satellite Phone Services -
BETHESDA, MD (October 1, 2007) - Stratos Global Corp. (TSX: SGB), the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced the commercial availability of Inmarsat's Satellite Phone Services. The new services are available in mobile, fixed-land and fixed-maritime packages.
Stratos Introduces Maritime Broadband Communications Solution
Supported by Inmarsat's FleetBroadband Mobile Satellite Service -
BETHESDA, MD (September 19, 2007) - Stratos Global Corp. (TSX: SGB), the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today introduced its new maritime broadband satellite
communications solution based on Inmarsat's FleetBroadband service. FleetBroadband from Stratos, expected to be commercially available in November, offers a wide range of value-added services to provide ship managers with optimal communications performance and cost efficiency.
Stratos Announces CFO Change -
BETHESDA, MD (September 17, 2007) - Stratos Global Corp. (TSX: SGB) today announced that the
Stratos Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Alfred C. Giammarino as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective as of September 24, 2007. Mr. Giammarino has decided to leave the Company to pursue other interests.
Blue Star Chooses Stratos Solution for Private Crew Communications -
BETHESDA, MD (September 5, 2007) - Stratos Global Corp. (TSX: SGB), the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has begun deployment of its AmosConnect Crew service on 34 vessels managed by Reederei Blue Star GmbH (Blue Star). Blue Star is a subsidiary of Maersk, the world's largest shipping company.
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