Inmarsat-C

Stratos provides customers around the world with a comprehensive array of reliable, cost-effective and efficient Inmarsat-C network services. In addition to Internet, e-mail, fax and telex, Stratos offers numerous unique services and end-to-end solutions such as free shipboard software with automatic message compression, crew member/charter accounts flexible billing options as well as Trimble Galaxy compression.

Internet E-mail (StratosMail)
Stratos offers a unique "Telex-via-Internet e-mail" service called StratosMail 1 for convenient ship-to-shore and shore-to-ship message transfers. StratosMail is easy to use with any standard Inmarsat-A, B or C telex software or with Stratos' free MCC software for Inmarsat-C. StratosMail is cost effective as message headers such as "From" and "Subject", can be compressed before transmission.

FleetNet Message Broadcast
Stratos provides access to the efficient FleetNet text broadcast service using standard Internet e-mail. It allows any number of vessels to be included in a variety of different groups. Stratos will set-up convenient e-mail addresses to define each group for broadcast messaging from the users current Internet e-mail service in addition to assigning the vessels to the groups. This allows the user to contact large numbers of vessels together at one low cost, rather than sending numerous individual messages, using only your standard Internet e-mail software.

Shore-to-Ship Fax
Stratos offers a convenient shore-to-ship text fax re-keying service that will allow your fax text message to be sent over the Inmarsat-C network to any vessel around the world. Simply fax your typed or handwritten message to our 24-hour customer support center and it will be sent out by a Stratos satellite operator immediately. Stratos offers 24 X 7 customer support. Contact details located at the bottom of this page.

Stratos Mailbox
A Stratos Mailbox provides vessel operators with a convenient location to send information where it can be retrieved by their shore office quickly and easily. It is also very convenient for third party applications to store vessel position reports for vessel monitoring systems (VMS), text messages or other types of data such as vessel catch information. The information can then be easily retrieved using standard FTP, TCP or dial-up connectivity.

Flexible Billing Options
Stratos offers vessel members the option of having communication costs billed either a personal or a charter accounts separately from the vessel's regular traffic. This eliminates the considerable administrative efforts for reconciling communication costs of multiple parties onboard a vessel. Details on Flexible Billing Options can be found in the Inmarsat-C Crew Member / Charter Accounts Fact Sheet.

Inmarsat-C Software with Compression
Stratos' Inmarsat-C service now offers automatic compression capabilities through simplified Mobile Communications Controller (MCC) shipboard software. This results in instant savings due to the reduced size of the data transmitted. Additionally, it also provides an easy-to-use address book for Internet e-mail, fax, Stratos Mailbox and other Inmarsat-C numbers. Details on Inmarsat-C Software with Compression can be found in the Inmarsat-C Message Compression Services Fact Sheet.

Trimble Galaxy Compression
Stratos has extended its compression capabilities to accommodate the compression capability of the Trimble Galaxy non-GMDSS and Trimble Galaxy Sentinel GMDSS units with firmware version 4.0 or higher. For instant cost savings on every message, Trimble Galaxy users simply select Binary Presentation and Compressed-Text Data Format with Stratos as a service provider2.

Notes

StratosMail
StratosMail for Inmarsat-A/-B/-C is based on Telex technology and not recommended for file attachments in either the ship-to-shore or shore-to-ship direction.

Stratos, Scotia Plaza, 40 King Street W., Suite 3600, Toronto, ON M5H 3Z5. Tel: 416-777-9100; Fax: 416-777-9099.