History

[Gaithersburg, Maryland]

An Overview of Mobile Telesystems, Inc.

--The solution provider for those people who need affordable, reliable, mobile, highly transportable and tactical satellite communication capabilities worldwide:

Mobile Telesystems, Inc. (MTI), headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland is a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of INMARSAT satellite communication terminals, and 1.2 Ku band collapsible antennas, MTI has an installed base of over 6,000 terminals. MTI’s history starts in 1975 as a group within COMSAT Corporation. Split-off from COMSAT in 1988 as a private company, MTI was one of the innovators and developers of transportable satellite communication devices for land, marine and fixed-base-station satellite facilities.

Some of Mobile Telesystems' achievements include:

first company to co-develop a MARISAT terminal, the SA-3055 – 1976
first INMARSAT-A land transportable terminal (2 suitcases), TCS-9000 – 1985
first single suitcase INMARSAT A transportable terminal, TCS-9200 – 1989
first and only 3rd generation INMARSAT-A transportable terminal, TCS-9700 – 1993
first to produce a ruggedized 2nd generation INMARSAT-B terminal, TCS-7700 - 1998
introduced a ruggedized 3rd generation INMARSAT-M4 terminal, MTI-M4-128 – 2001
introduced a 1.2 M Ku band one-way collapsible antenna for weather – 2001
introduced a 1.2 M Ku band two-way collapsible antenna for Mobile VSAT – 2003

MTI has provided maritime and land-based satellite terminals to clients worldwide, including commercial, government, and military users, crisis response agencies, and news media organizations. Having sold to nearly every country in the world, MTI is known and respected as a top-notch provider of quality SATCOM products and solutions.

Typical applications and customers for MTI’s INMARSAT terminals include:

EMERGENCY RESPONSE: International, Federal, State; insurance, FAA, FEMA, OFDA
HUMANITARIAN: Red Cross, Religious organizations, relief agencies, telemedicine
REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS: Exploration, construction, EXXON, TEXACO
RESEARCH: Universities, Geographical Institutes, Bureau of Land Management
GOVERNMENT: Heads of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, White House, State Dept.
NEWS GATHERING: Print, Radio & TV News, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Reuters, AP
BACKUP COMMUNICATIONS: Banks, utilities, manufacturers, NASA
SECURITY: White House, Military Intelligence, Security, Special Forces

MTI products excel at satisfying the rigorous communication demands of military and security organizations. MTI’s rugged Satcoms survive and operate in the harshest environments and the most demanding field applications. From the cold of Antarctica, to the heat of tropical islands, to the rain of the monsoons, and the snow and winds of the Himalayas, MTI terminals have excelled in every environment. When communications networks have been damaged or destroyed, relief and recovery organizations rely on MTI mobile telecommunications.

The advantages of MTI’s A, B and M4 (dual and single channels) transportable terminals over the competition include:

PORTABILITY: Single suitcase, light weight, easy to carry, ships as ordinary luggage
EASE OF SETUP: Two minutes for complete system setup (one piece antenna)
USER FRIENDLINESS: No formal training required, extremely easy to setup and operate
RUGGEDNESS: Tempered and resilient, designed for field abuse, tested to MIL STD 810
WEATHERPROOF: Designed to operate in high winds, heavy rain, sand storms, temperature extremes
RELIABLE: Field proven in adverse weather conditions
SIGNAL QUALITY: Higher antenna gain (versus flat types) provides best signal to noise ratio, higher voice quality, faster data rates

MTI is joined with Optical Scientific Inc. (OSI, formally named as Scientific Technology, Inc.). OSI is a leading high technology company in the design and manufacture of remote sensing technology sensors and systems. Typical applications include environmental monitoring, airport safety, micrometeorology, weapons testing and Global Climate Change measurement.