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Arqiva, a UK communications and infrastructure media services provider, has been selected by Britain’s electricity distributor, UK Power Networks, to provide a new Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) M2M solution for its secondary Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) network.

Inmarsat, a provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has signed a five-year contract with Hapag-Lloyd to migrate all ships directly managed by the shipping line to services enabled for Fleet Xpress.

SpeedCast International Limited, has announced the acquisition of WINS Limited. WIN is a Europe-based provider of broadband satellite communications and IT solutions for the maritime sector.

Cobham SATCOM has started shipping its new EXPLORER 540 BGAN M2M terminal. This follows Inmarsat Class 2 Type Approval and Inmarsat BGAN M2M certification.

As remote monitoring and interactive services involving consultants and their patients increase, today’s fast-emerging world of telemedicine is seeing some exciting developments, writes Massimo Marcotulli, Business Development Director, Southern Europe, Hughes Europe.