Inmarsat, which operates a constellation of satellites that enable phone, fax, video and Internet access from anywhere in the world, said on Wednesday that its new Broadband Global Area Network, or BGAN, will enable data transfer speeds of up to 492 kilobits per second.


 "It enables anyone to set up a broadband mobile office in minutes and remain fully productive--wherever they are on the planet," Michael Butler, Inmarsat's chief operating officer, said in a statement.


 In other news: The service, which took six years to develop, can be accessed through a range of lightweight satellite terminals, the smallest of which is about half the size of a laptop computer.

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