Stratos starts new broadband deployment in GoM

Offshore staff

BETHESDA, Maryland – Stratos Global is deployment its new broadband service in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Stratos MAX II is based on WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) standards. WiMAX technology is provisioned by Stratos over licensed spectrum across the GoM.

StratosMAX II now provides voice service, high-speed Internet connectivity, Stratos Hot Spot WiFi service and a range of mobile communications applications to oil rigs, platforms, and offshore vessels.

The service connects to shore via diverse shore crossing and onshore Stratos interconnection facilities, the company says.

09/01/2010