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SkyWave Mobile Introduces Two Inmarsat D+ Satellite Terminals For Improved Tracking

SkyWave's DMR family of satellite terminal solutions are used in the marine, land mobile, fixed site, and defense industries, and have been deployed commercially since 1997 in the most rugged environments.
Ottawa ON (SPX) Sep 15, 2004
SkyWave Mobile Communications, a provider of Inmarsat D+ satellite airtime, services and terminal equipment, announced the availability of two new satellite terminals. The new DMR200D and DMR200L terminals provide increased integration of powerful remote monitoring and control functions, and improved signal reception for low-elevation and marine applications.

SkyWave's DMR family of satellite terminal solutions are used in the marine, land mobile, fixed site, and defense industries, and have been deployed commercially since 1997 in the most rugged environments.

SkyWave's DMR200 satellite terminals are the only D+ satellite terminals with an integrated antenna, and have outstanding configuration and programming capabilities that allow them to operate autonomously and be reconfigured either locally or over the air.

Pole Star Space Applications Limited (www.purplefinder.com) is a SkyWave Solution Provider and proprietary provider of PurpleFinder - the leading Web-based solution for maritime fleet management, maritime security, and maritime domain awareness operations.

Their DSAS ship security alert system is based on SkyWave's DMR200 D+ terminal and services.

It exceeds the International Maritime Organization's Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), XI-2/6 regulation requiring a Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) to be carried on all ships over 500 gross tonnes and engaged on international voyages.

Pole Star's client list includes many "blue-chip" shipping companies including Barber, BP, Brostrum, Cunard, Hanseatic, Oldendorff, P&O Nedlloyd, Univan, and V. Ships.

"The SkyWave DMR200 has proven to be consistently reliable in the most hostile marine environments," says Julian Longson, vice president of business development at Pole Star.

"The capabilities of the new SkyWave DMR200 D+ satellite terminals will strengthen Pole Star's position in providing the premier SSAS solution to the world's shipping fleets."

The DMR200D features four enhanced input/output ports that allow the terminal to act as a complete remote monitoring and control solution by eliminating the requirement for a separate I/O controller or micro-processor solution.

In conjunction with SkyWave's powerful scripting language, these new capabilities will significantly increase the flexibility and range of uses for the DMR terminal, enabling SkyWave's partners to more easily tailor applications for their customers.

The DMR200D has the same form factor, reliability and proven D+ satellite terminal technology of its predecessor, the DMR200C.

The DMR200L terminal features a low-elevation antenna that enhances terminal performance for land-mobile and marine applications at the edge of satellite network coverage, down to zero degrees of elevation.

It offers a dramatic improvement to the low elevation performance of its predecessor, the DMR200C, while providing the same reliable D+ satellite terminal technology.

The DMR200L is suited to a host of applications in locations where the Inmarsat satellites are at a low elevation angle to the terminal or where terminal motion reduces the effective satellite elevation.

As one moves away from the equator towards the poles, the elevation angle of the satellite with respect to the DMR terminal diminishes. The DMR200L significantly reduces the degradation of performance and lost messages associated with traditional antennas.

A typical application for the DMR200L would be tracking the movement and security of ships with valuable cargo in remote ocean areas.

"SkyWave leads the market for Inmarsat D+ satellite services and equipment, and the continuing innovation in our new terminals strengthens our lead by providing our partners and customers the high performance and flexibility they require for their critical control of remote mobile and fixed assets," said Steve Birrell, vice president, sales and marketing at SkyWave.

"The new DMR200D and DMR200L terminals have already received warm reception by our partners, and we expect their sales to drive us well beyond the market-leading 33,000 terminals we've delivered to them thus far."

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