Network-Alerts
iStock.com/dszc

PLANNED MAINTENANCE — Inmarsat: GX Network

10. April 2021 - 02:04:01 CESTVERÖFFENTLICHTMailversand: 2021-04-10 02:45:02

Please be aware of the forth­coming emergency mainte­nance on the Inmarsat APAC GSPS Network. This activity is required to carry out verifi­cation and validation tests of the new Warkworth antenna with the Auckland GSPS NCC-GW and Beijing NGW. All APAC GSPS traffic will be routed through the Warkworth antenna. This mainte­nance period includes up to 40 minutes of service outage and up to 30 minutes of service degradation.

The details and timeline of the changes are reported below:

Activity: APAC GSPS Verifi­cation Test with Warkworth antenna
Services affected: GSPS
Regions/Spots affected: APAC
Start of Mainte­nance period: 12th April 2021 18:00 (UTC)
End of Mainte­nance period: 12th April 2021 21:00 (UTC)
Single or Multiple Outage(s) and duration(s): There will be two 20 minutes GSPS service outages on rerouting the RFS and recon­fig­uring the GSC
Outage Impact: APAC GSPS Service will be interrupted
Actions needed by user: None

Abbreviations and their meaning

  • Americas I-4 = Satelite responsible for the region of North- and Southamerica
  • APAC = Asia Pacific
  • BGAN = Broadband Global Area Network. Inmarsat service for BGAN devices
  • CDR = Call Detail Record
  • EMEA = Satellite responsible for the region of European Middle East Africa
  • FB or FBB = FleetBroadBand. Inmarsat service for FBB devices
  • GSPS = Global Satellite Phone Service. Inmarsat voice service for IsatPhone
  • IRIS = Remote monitoring and control system
  • SB or SBB = SwiftBroadBand. Inmarsat service for SBB devices
  • TBC = To be confirmed
  • UTC = Universal Time Coordinated

We will be happy to send you the Network Alerts free of charge by e‑mail: Subscribe to Network Alerts