SWIFT 64 SWIFT64 IN THE FUTURE

Swifter still
The performance of Swift64 is based on the communications capabilities of Inmarsat's current generation of satellites, the Inmarsat 3s. Responding
to the growing demand for mobile broadband services, Inmarsat is developing a fourth generation that will offer the possibility of exciting new services for aviation users when it becomes operational, currently scheduled for 2004.
The Inmarsat I-4s will be able to give global reach to mobile data services parallel with those now being developed for cellular users on the ground – the second-generation General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), with a maximum theoretical data rate of 172kbit/s, and the third-generation Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), offering better than 384kbit/s.

The new satellites will be the cornerstone of Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network (B-GAN), designed to deliver data to mobile users at speeds of up to 432kbit/s.

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