Cobham Satcom’s Explorer 540 BGAN M2M Terminal. Photo: Cobham Satcom

[Via Satellite 04-22-2016] Cobham Satcom has started shipping its new Explorer 540 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) terminal for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, following Inmarsat Class 2 Type Approval and Inmarsat BGAN M2M certification. Explorer 540 is the first M2M communication terminal designed to operate on both Inmarsat BGAN and LTE/3G/2G cellular networks.

The Explorer 540 delivers real-time M2M communication for diverse applications including IP Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) for data backhaul, asset tracking, real-time surveillance and remote telemetry.

Securing continuity of M2M IP data transfer, which often originates in hard to reach, remote locations, dual-mode operation also delivers significant failover capabilities with automatic switching to the secondary service should the terminal detect that its primary communication service is unavailable. The Explorer 540 LTE Modem is optional and integrates into the back of the Explorer 540 BGAN M2M terminal. Cobham Satcom plans to introduce the LTE modem later this year.