Thrane and Thrane (now rebranded as Cobham) has released a critical firmware upgrade for the SAILOR 500, EXPLORER 325 and EXPLORER 727Firmware release 1.16. is available for download from the Inmarsat website at https://www.inmarsat.com/support/FleetBroadband and https://www.inmarsat.com/support/BGANThis is a CRITICAL firmware upgrade. The new firmware upgrade is required due to the...

This article reviews the powerful multiple-user email capabilities of Astrium's SkyFile Email system. As an example, a ship's Captain can provide his crew individual email accounts for use through the ship's Iridium or Inmarsat Fleetbroadband satellite phone via one (or more) Windows-based computers that are local on the ship. The...

Hughes Network Systems has released a new firmware release for the Hughes 9202 BGAN terminal. This firmware release is not critical but is recommended. It includes enhancements to the web MMI for APN configurations and telephony settings and compressed Web UI pages to improve UT performance.Firmware release version 5.8.1.0 is...