Stratos Global Corporation
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Stratos Global Corporation is a Canada
-based telecommunications company founded in 1985, mainly serving the oil and gas markets around the world.
Stratos' corporate headquarters are located in Bethesda, Maryland
and has a registered office in St John's, Newfoundland, Canada
.
Stratos offers mobile and fixed satellite
, microwave and wireless services, including Inmarsat
, Iridium
, Globalstar
, HughesNet, MSAT
, VSAT to more than 20,000 customers. Stratos provides products and services through offices worldwide, as well as through a global network of more than 400 authorized partners.
Stratos caters to government agencies, military forces, NGOs, first responders, and diverse markets such as aeronautical, energy and natural resources, media, maritime, construction/engineering, and recreational users.
In 1997, Stratos acquired IDB Mobile Communications. In 1998, Stratos acquired NovaNet Communications, American Mobile Satellite Corp., and Teleglobe Canada Inc. In 2000, Stratos acqurired Shell Offshore Services, Seven Seas Communications, and Rig Telephones Inc(Datacomm).
On April 15, 2009, Stratos was acquired by Inmarsat
but continued to operate as a separate entity.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
-based telecommunications company founded in 1985, mainly serving the oil and gas markets around the world.
Stratos' corporate headquarters are located in Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House , which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda...
and has a registered office in St John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
Stratos offers mobile and fixed satellite
Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
, microwave and wireless services, including Inmarsat
Inmarsat
Inmarsat plc is a British satellite telecommunications company, offering global, mobile services. It provides telephony and data services to users worldwide, via portable or mobile terminals which communicate to ground stations through eleven geostationary telecommunications satellites...
, Iridium
Iridium
Iridium is the chemical element with atomic number 77, and is represented by the symbol Ir. A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum family, iridium is the second-densest element and is the most corrosion-resistant metal, even at temperatures as high as 2000 °C...
, Globalstar
Globalstar
Globalstar is a low Earth orbit satellite constellation for satellite phone and low-speed data communications, somewhat similar to the Iridium satellite constellation and Orbcomm satellite systems.-History:...
, HughesNet, MSAT
MSAT
MSAT, short for Mobile Satellite, is a satellite-based mobile telephony service developed by the National Research Council of Canada. Supported by a number of companies in the US and Canada, MSAT hosts a number of services, including the broadcast of CDGPS signals...
, VSAT to more than 20,000 customers. Stratos provides products and services through offices worldwide, as well as through a global network of more than 400 authorized partners.
Stratos caters to government agencies, military forces, NGOs, first responders, and diverse markets such as aeronautical, energy and natural resources, media, maritime, construction/engineering, and recreational users.
In 1997, Stratos acquired IDB Mobile Communications. In 1998, Stratos acquired NovaNet Communications, American Mobile Satellite Corp., and Teleglobe Canada Inc. In 2000, Stratos acqurired Shell Offshore Services, Seven Seas Communications, and Rig Telephones Inc(Datacomm).
On April 15, 2009, Stratos was acquired by Inmarsat
Inmarsat
Inmarsat plc is a British satellite telecommunications company, offering global, mobile services. It provides telephony and data services to users worldwide, via portable or mobile terminals which communicate to ground stations through eleven geostationary telecommunications satellites...
but continued to operate as a separate entity.