[Satellite Today 10-20-08] Vizada is offering Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) mobile satellite service to news organizations operating in the Middle East, Vizada announced Oct. 20.
    Vizada has guaranteed streaming rates of 256 kilobits per second (kbps) for live video broadcasting and plans to increase the rate to 38 4kbps by mid-2009.
    Vizada serves media industry outlets that include the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news channel, which has used the Inmarsat BGAN service by Vizada since 2006. Vizada has provided on-site BGAN training to Al-Arabiya reporters in Dubai and will follow this up later in the year by training Al-Arabiya correspondents based in Libya, Sudan and Egypt.