TORONTO-TMI Communications announced it launched a new mobile packet data network available in all 50 states and in Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean using its MSAT geostationary satellite.
TMI said the service is aimed at mobile data users with people and equipment in remote areas outside of terrestrial network coverage. In particular, the service is aimed at those sending messages with typical lengths ranging from 10 to 1,000 bytes, sent or received every 10 to 60 minutes. Users pay only for the information sent, the company said.
TMI said the network can support any one- or two-way, fixed or mobile data transfer. TMI and American Mobile Satellite Corp. share capacity on an MSAT satellite. The MSAT data hub provides packet-switched communications between equipment to a host computer connected to a terrestrial packet network or other satellite terminal, the company said.
