Inmarsat
Aiding Disaster
Prevention In Nicaragua
Inmarsat said Jan. 17
that its Broadband
Global Area Network (BGAN)
services are being
deployed to support
frontline disaster
prevention in Nicaragua
on a permanent basis.
Inmarsat-sponsored
emergency communications
agency Télécoms Sans
Frontières is supplying
BGAN equipment and
training to the
Nicaraguan authorities
in an initiative funded
by the European Union (EU).
Three Thrane & Thrane
Explorer 500 BGAN
terminals are being
deployed by the
Nicaraguan government
for use in the country’s
northern Atlantic
autonomous region.
Inmarsat’s work in
Nicaragua has come about
as a result of Hurricane
Felix, which struck the
country in September
destroying 8,000 homes,
affecting more than
200,000 people and
claiming about 300
lives.
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