Global Coverage for Inmarsat BGAN X-Stream(TM) as Service Goes Live in Asia Pacific

Global Coverage for Inmarsat BGAN X-Stream(TM) as Service Goes Live in Asia Pacific

SINGAPORE, June 16/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

- New Mobile Broadband Satellite Service Delivers Fastest On-Demand Video
Streaming Anywhere, Anytime

Inmarsat, the leading provider of mobile satellite communications
services, today announced the launch of BGAN X-Stream in the
Asia Pacific region, completing the global coverage for the new service. BGAN
X-Stream offers broadcasters access to the world's fastest on-demand video
streaming via satellite. The service was unveiled at CommunicAsia 2009 in
Singapore, which attracts leading broadcast and telecommunications
professionals from around the world.

Drew Brandy, Land Mobile Director at Inmarsat, said, "Following the
launch of BGAN X-Stream in Europe and the Americas, we are
really excited that it is now available in Asia Pacific. This has always been
an important region for us, and it is fitting that we complete the global
coverage for the service here."

BGAN X-Stream guarantees streaming IP data rates from a
minimum of 384kbps to around 450kbps. It has been developed as an enhancement
to the streaming service already offered by Inmarsat's ground-breaking BGAN
(or Broadband Global Area Network) service, which has enabled broadcasters to
deliver thousands of media reports around the world.

"Since its launch in 2005, BGAN has become the de facto choice
for news reporting from remote locations. With BGAN X-Stream, we can now meet
broadcasters' demands for higher guaranteed data rates, with an increase to
the streaming rate of at least 50 per cent, and offer a service that moves
closer to broadcast quality. The enhanced video quality of BGAN X-Stream will
enable broadcasters to defer, or even avoid, the need to use SNG trucks. No
matter where the story breaks, the global reach of BGAN X-Stream will deliver
higher quality video to the studio from the remote broadcast," Mr. Brandy
added.

After BGAN X-Stream was made available on the EMEA Inmarsat-4
satellite in April 2009, Inmarsat distribution partner Stratos helped Al
Jazeera English become the first broadcaster to use the service for a live
video report. Other BGAN users in the broadcast industry include the BBC and
CNN, which won an Emmy for its BGAN-based digital newsgathering solution.

Gerbrand Schalkwijk, Vice President, Asia Pacific at Stratos
said, "BGAN X-Stream is the fastest and highest quality pay-as-you-use
broadband solution for the broadcast industry. In an intensely competitive
environment, broadcasters need news crews to send high quality video back to
their studios as fast as possible. It can now be done with BGAN X-Stream, and
early indications are that the service will be well received by the broadcast
industry."

The new premium IP streaming service is accessible through existing
hardware - single, highly-compact and lightweight BGAN terminals
from manufacturers Hughes and Thrane & Thrane - without the need for external
antenna or any additional hardware.

BGAN has been a key contributor to Inmarsat's revenue, especially in
recent years. In 2009, first quarter land mobile sector revenue
was up 10.6% with growth in land data of 13%. Strong uptake and usage of BGAN
services, during the Sichuan earthquake and other world events, are
highlighting the need for reliable mobile voice and broadband data
connectivity from remote locations.

For more information, please refer to
http://www.inmarsat.com/bganx-stream.

About Inmarsat

Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT) is the leading provider of global
mobile satellite communications. Since 1979, Inmarsat has been providing
reliable voice and high-speed data communications to governments, enterprises
and other organizations, with a range of services that can be used on land,
at sea or in the air. The company's services are delivered through a global
network of more than 500 distribution partners and service providers
operating in 180 countries. For the year ended 31st December 2008, Inmarsat
plc had total revenue of US$996.7 million (2007: US$576.5 million) with an
EBITDA of US$531.2 million (2007: US$388.1 million). For more information,
please visit http://www.inmarsat.com.

Source: Inmarsat

Media contacts: John Warehand, PR Manager, Inmarsat, +44(0)20-7728-1579, john_warehand@inmarsat.com; Neville Rawlings, Bell Pottinger Public Relations, +44(0)20-7861-2502, nrawlings@bell-pottinger.co.uk

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