Press Archive - 2009

New feather weight sat-phone for Tariam

Global Satellite Broadband ISP Tariam has announced that its new ultra lightweight global satellite phone will be launched in June 2010. isatphone Pro will offer satellite telephony, with Bluetooth for hands-free use, voicemail, and text and email messaging. Location data will also be available to the user to look up or send in a text [...]

Tariam SCIAC breaks cover

Global Satellite Communications ISP Tariam has unveiled a groundbreaking new product, its Secure Communications in a Case (SCIAC). SCIAC (pronounced SKY-ACK) has been designed and manufactured by Tariam in response to customer demands for a lightweight, Deployable Communications System (DCS) with global functionality. The device which mates hardware based on Inmarsat’s BGAN satellite communications platform [...]

Tariam BGAN X-Stream goes live

Global Satellite Broadband ISP Tariam has announced dramatic enhancements to its BGAN mobile broadband internet and satellite phone services. Speaking from their new offices and demo lab in Weston on the Green, Oxfordshire MD Andrew Walwyn said “BGAN was already a unique and dynamic product, but X-Stream coming online takes it to a completely different [...]

Tariam relocates to new HQ

Satellite broadband ISP Tariam has moved into its new freehold headquarters building in Weston on the Green just off the M40 and A34 in Oxfordshire. Tariam has been looking to relocate for some time to bring its Operations, R & D, Provisioning, Billing and Tech Support functions all under one roof, and to create a [...]

Tariam connects The British Open Golf

Satellite internet service provider Tariam continued its summer of high profile events by providing a temporary satellite internet connection for the British Open Golf last month. The historic competition for the famous Claret Jug, or to give it its proper name The Golf Champion Trophy, was back at Turnberry on the Ayrshire coast for the first time since [...]

Wireless Broadband – Food for thought!

New research published by broadband benchmarking experts EPITIRO highlights that despite widespread advertising by the network operators claiming speeds in excess of the Governments 2 Mbps target, subscribers to mobile broadband packages are receiving an average of just 0.9 Mbps. Managing Director of Tariam Satellite Internet Andrew Walwyn said “I’m not one to knock the [...]

Tariam takes home user system forward

Satellite Internet Service Provider Tariam has announced a substantial increase in “horsepower” for its domestic Tooway services. Download performance has been improved significantly from 2 Mbps, to up to 3.6 Mbps, and the priority traffic allowances for each of its service offerings have been doubled. This means the entry level satellite internet service now offers [...]

Tariam launches new website with online ordering

Global Satellite Communications provider Tariam has launched its new website to industry acclaim. The new site features the latest technology in ecommerce and customer care; Tariam has invested in a new online billing and support system to back-up their best of breed satellite communications products. Managing Director, Andrew Walwyn, said “Tariam’s business has been built [...]

Stratos Acquired by Inmarsat

Stratos Global Corp. (Stratos) announce that they have been aquired by Inmarsat plc (Inmarsat). This means that Stratos is now a wholly owned operating division of the Inmarsat group. However, Stratos will continue to operate independently for the foreseeable future.  Stratos state that they will remaim committed to offering and investing in their full range [...]

Excerpts from an Article “Is there a future for Satellite Comms?”

Published in BAPCO Journal, January 2009 (British Association of Public Safety Communication Officers) Satellite is far more expensive than 3G and offers a level of service that may only rarely need to be used. And for managers looking to cut costs, a move away from satellite is perhaps attractive. However, an assessment of the way [...]