Broadband Global Area Network

Broadband Global Area Network ( BGAN, formerly RBGAN what was for Regional Broadband Global Area Network) is a mobile service for broadband Internet access and telephony of the satellite operator Inmarsat.

With a BGAN satellite modem Internet connection with up to 492 kbit / s is possible, also provide all the data terminal connections for telephones at.

At the beginning the service was settled as RBGAN exclusively via the Thuraya satellite. As of mid- 2005, the compound was about the new Inmarsat-4 satellite over the Indian Ocean. To ensure that the high-order service BGAN was introduced and the R removed from RBGAN. RBGAN was set for 31 December 2008. The used until then RBGAN modems were thus worthless.

In mid-2006, the second Inmarsat -4 satellite was put into operation. Thus, in addition to Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East and the entire American continent was covered. On 18 August 2008, the third satellite was successfully launched I-4 Americas into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome. After his commissioning and a repositioning of the entire I-4 BGAN fleet was available for February 24, 2009 worldwide.

The BGAN service is expected to be around 2020 bleiben.Vorlage in operation: Future / In 5 years

BGAN satellite

The net internal short identifier is used by the terminals and the Inmarsat Network Operations Center.