Thrane & Thrane the most prominent manufacturer of land earth stations and terminals used for communication via global mobile satellite and radio technology has designed and developed the latest device for accessing corporate networks and making voice calls over the same device anywhere in the world. Their product known as the EXPLORER™ 500 is a portable device with advanced performance features suitable for the business traveller that needs quick and secure access to company information from a remote location. This product seen as the latest development in land earth stations is available from Skygistics.

In partnership with BGAN the Immarsat Global Area Network Service Provider we bring you the BGAN EXPLORER™ 500 with the following features:

• Operates on Windows 2000 and XP, Linux Redhat 9, and MAC OS 10.1 or later platforms.
• Can operate in extreme temperature ranges.
• Can also operate in very humid conditions.
• Features advanced voice capabilities with supplementary services including voicemail, call forwarding, barring, waiting, and holding options.
• It allows for sending of data of up to 448 kbps over a shared channel while receiving over a shared channel of up to 464 kbps is possible.
• IP guaranteed quality of service for streaming with 32, 64 128 kbps sending capacity and 32, 64 128 kbps receiving capacity.
• It can handle multiple IP streaming sessions at the same time.
• Features an SMS functionality of 160 characters per text message.