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Intelligence Report

October 12, 2012

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October 8, 2012 - Inmarsat and Cisco team to deliver video and multimedia content services over 
the new $1.2 billion Global Xpress (GX) satellite network. Cisco will provide its Prime Fulfi llment 
and Provisioning technology and a new high-performance router to supply access to GX and BGAN 
networks. Global broadband coverage, with up to 50Mbps downlink and 5Mbps uplink speeds, will be 
available by 2014, following limited services in 2013. Th

  e initiative will foster a new satellite applica-

tions development environment.

Principal Analyst,
Service Provider
Infrastructure

•  Expands the role of satellite services from traditional HSI and point–to-point video distribution to 

business oriented applications such as telepresence, on-demand video and other services.

•  Cisco’s Prime Fulfi llment and Provisioning brings telco-like service fl exibility and granularity to 

satellite-based services.

•  Provides remote enterprise locations with advanced communications capabilities which were 

previously not available and/or not cost eff ective for wide scale use.

•  Potentially provides higher HSI services to the 14/30 million American/European households and SBs 

who are beyond the reach of terrestrial broadband service, according to FCC reports.

•  New professional services from Cisco help operators shorten time to market by leveraging existing 

tools and systems expertise within the vendor’s organization.

Competitive Concerns
•  Networks like Global Xpress need more than traditional ship board applications to make their new