Inmarsat Share Discussion Threads

[jlwilliams] 10/1/2006 16:11

So what does the recovery mean? Rumour scotched?

[scuch] 10/1/2006 11:30

found this on their site, not sure if anything to do with it.

[abcd1234] 10/1/2006 09:17

still falling
don't hold, but any info on why??

[jaf1948] 09/1/2006 13:43

Anyone know the reason for the price drop today ?

[scuch] 09/1/2006 13:43

why the huge drop?

[horneblower] 04/1/2006 12:25

C_Gull,

Blimey, somebody not only reads my posts but also remembers them.

I think I sea the connection :)

[whipround] 04/1/2006 09:53

Nice link pnj

[pawsnjaws] 03/1/2006 10:48

Prosperous 2006 to you guys,

A quick Google on Inmarsat brought back many recent Good News clippings, this being one of them.

Basically it appears Isat can do no wrong at the moment.

[horneblower] 09/12/2005 09:20

This next push should achieve 360p imo.

[whipround] 06/12/2005 09:46

Can't see too much downside to this, stock overhang seems to have been removed so hopefully HB's tea leaf reading will come true.

[whipround] 06/12/2005 09:44

End-users on four continents are helping Inmarsat to complete testing of the new range of powerful and highly portable BGAN terminals, as launch of the flagship mobile broadband service draws near.

Alpha testing with manufacturing partners Hughes, Nera and Thrane & Thrane has focused on fine-tuning their BGAN terminals over the new Inmarsat-4 (I-4) network.

At the same time, an Inmarsat team based in Malaga, Spain, has been running further tests to verify the devices will work as expected with a variety of third-party applications.

So far, more than 100,000 test procedures have been run during some 500 days of work.

Customer input
From the outset, customer requirements have shaped planning for BGAN and its network architecture.


Live end-user trials
Now, scheduled trials have entered the beta phase, with end-users using the terminals in a range of 'live' situations in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe.

The beta trials have been set up to simulate specific end-user requirements against the three core BGAN applications:

Single-user mobile office
Multi-user mobile office
Broadcast media.
Applications that have been tested or are being worked on include:

VPN clients of Cisco, Nortel, Checkpoint and .Net
E-mail, including POP3, IMAP, SMTP, Outlook Exchange (both in the clear and over VPN clients)
Core media protocols that support QuickTime, Real Media, Windows Media
HTTP call tested over TCP and UDP
FTP and Secure FTP (SFTP)
Instant messaging and Skype
Citrix Metaframe.
Each beta trial lasts two weeks and begins with Inmarsat-scripted tests. After that, the end-users are free to use the BGAN terminals, as they wish, until the end of the year.

Final checks
Inmarsat and its Distribution Partners (DPs) are also making final checks on network arrangements for BGAN.

All nine launch DPs are expected to be ready for service launch, subject to final scheduled reviews overseen by Inmarsat.

But commercial launch of BGAN will not mark the end of terminal testing. DPs are expected to continue their own field trials, helping them and Inmarsat bed down the service under the first I-4 - and prepare for planned launch of BGAN in the Americas during the second quarter of 2006.

[court_out] 05/12/2005 17:53

To date, HB has read the "tea leaves" quite well on the BUR thread, so HB's chart input could be useful for the ISAT thread.

[horneblower] 05/12/2005 12:44

Gee, thanks Whippy.

[whipround] 05/12/2005 12:36

Nice to see some fresh posts. I usually disregard charts as similar to tea leaf reading, but in this case there may be slightly more relevance due to lack of trading and information.

[horneblower] 01/12/2005 17:53

court_out,
imo the chart's looking fine for at least a return to its old high of 357p.
What happens after that can't be read from the existing chart imo...
Except one rather whacky theory of mine which gives a longer term target of around £5...but ignore that until 360p is past.
The recent rise from 280p is sparky and now it's above the small resistance at 320p we should see some quick progress.

[court_out] 01/12/2005 17:12

HB.

What's the ISAT chart looking like.

TiA

court_out

[horneblower] 01/12/2005 12:12

Someone's sweeping up shares bigtime in a protected purchase order.
It will show at the end of the day.

[whipround] 30/11/2005 16:43

Bigger volume today than of late, bodes well.

[whipround] 30/11/2005 12:31

Taking over from Andrebea left off.

[whipround] 28/11/2005 10:09

Plans for next-generation SwiftBroadband service unveiled at Dubai air show
25-11-2005 - A new aeronautical service, Inmarsat SwiftBroadband, was previewed at the 9th international aerospace exhibition in Dubai.


Inmarsat unveiled plans for the next-generation aero service, which is due to be launched at the end of 2006 and will be powered by the new Inmarsat I-4 satellites.

Airlines are expected to snap up the ground-breaking new technology, which will enable their customers to make voice calls, browse the Internet and receive e-mails on laptop PCs, Blackberrys and other PDAs.

SwiftBroadband will support the new GSM cellular service demonstrated recently on the record-breaking flight of a Boeing 777 airliner on a non-stop 12,500-mile trip from Hong Kong to London.

On the flight, passengers were able to make phone calls and send text messages on their GSM cellular phones, which were connected to mobile networks via Inmarsat.

The technology for the trial was provided by Inmarsat¿s partner AeroMobile, and used Inmarsat's existing Swift64 technology, which offers Mobile ISDN and IP-based Mobile Packet Data Service (MPDS) connectivity. The new SwiftBroadband service will be much faster - it will offer voice and data connectivity at up to half a megabit per second.

Lars Ringertz, head of marketing and aeronautical services at Inmarsat, said: "We have seen tremendous growth of our Swift64 service in the last two years, the launch of two new satellites in 2005, several exciting announcements from partners OnAir and AeroMobile about inflight GSM services, and now we are starting to preview SwiftBroadband to an eager audience of aeronautical users."