Disaster Response & Recovery Solutions
Natural disasters and wars can wreck havoc on the local population, economy and infrastructure. And they can happen anywhere in the world.
First responders, NGOs and government agencies have to deploy quickly to provide necessary disaster response and recovery initiatives. When local terrestrial or cellular networks are outdated, insufficient, or damaged, it is vital to establish and maintain communication links. Satellite systems are often your only reliable solution.
Stratos offers a variety of satellite solutions for use throughout the response life cycle:
BGAN from Stratos
BGAN from Stratos offers emergency response and recovery teams small, portable, high bandwidth terminals that can be rapidly deployed to any location, and easily set up even by non-technical personnel. Offering simultaneous voice and data, as well as IP streaming, BGAN is an ideal solution for accessing applications on-line or via VPN, sending pictures or videos of a disaster site, and staying connected by telephone with HQ. Comms-on-the-move is also available with auto-search and tracking while in motion.
VSAT from Stratos
Stratos’ VSAT service provides higher bandwidth solutions for large amounts of data transfer and multiple phone lines. Portable, semi-permanent and fixed options are available to provide a reliable, always-on connection.
Iridium® from Stratos
Not even the sky limits Iridium from Stratos telephone and paging services. Handheld phones weighing less than one pound, and global coverage—provided by 66 low-earth-orbiting satellites—allow you to make and receive calls virtually anywhere in the world. All you need is a clear line of sight to the sky.
Inmarsat Satellite Phone Services
The new Inmarsat Satellite Phone Services offer high quality voice and data at 2.4 kbps via small and affordable equipment and attractive postpaid and prepaid calling rates. ISPS has three key variants for portable, fixed-land and marine usage, all delivered over the I-4 satellite network.
Value Added Services
Experience these customized Stratos products and services:
- Stratos Dashboard™
- Instant Online Self Provisioning: Activate your BGAN SIMs, special IP addresses, other Value Adds in minutes. Stratos Dashboard gives you the means to review your contracts and installed base, as well as the ability to instantly activate, de-activate and change service configurations.
- No more surprise bills: To monitor and control your costs, our extensive online BGAN customer care Dashboard provides real-time information on the amount of traffic used for voice and data, and associated costs.
- Credit Watch Facilities - You can monitor, manage and limit the consumption per SIM as well as per groups of SIMs, and provide your own prepaid offering.
- Instant reporting: You can create all kind of reports regarding your end customers BGAN usage. And conveniently, you can download everything into text and Excel.
- Everyone can access, and benefit from, the Dashboard: Reduced troubleshooting: The Stratos Dashboard for BGAN contains multiple Access levels. You can give your end customers their own (restricted) access to the Dashboard providing all kind of relevant information. This significantly reduces the required troubleshooting efforts on all levels.
- Stratos Trench™ (Customer Managed Firewall) – Our Stratos Trench is a personal firewall physically placed between the Internet and the BGAN network. You can authorize or block Web traffic and applications via a user-friendly online interface. You can also block unwanted Streaming traffic if you need to, which is helpful when renting out BGAN terminals. Tailor and secure your connections and avoid any surprise bills.
- Stratos BusinessAccess – As a corporate customer, you can easily extend your LAN networks to BGAN. You don’t need to set up special support or IT rules for your BGAN users. As soon as they connect via the BGAN, it will seem as if they are working from the office. They don’t have to dial in to your VPN. By setting up BusinessAccess for your users, you will save both time and money. And once this is set up, it only takes a minute to add this feature for new BGAN users.
