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Chapter 1
Introduction
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Welcome
Congratulations on the purchase of your EXPLORER™ 527!
EXPLORER 527 is a land-vehicular rack-mountable terminal with a tracking antenna, providing
high-speed data and voice communication via satellite through the Broadband Global Area
Network (BGAN).
Just plug in a phone, fax or computer, switch on - and you are online. With the transceiver
connected to the rooftop tracking antenna your car, truck or other vehicle turns into a true mobile
communications center wherever you are.
Applications include:
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Internet browsing
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Phone/fax services
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Large file transfers
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Video conferencing and Streaming
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VPN (Virtual Private Network) access to corporate servers
In this chapter
This chapter gives an overview of the BGAN system and services, and introduces the
EXPLORER 527.
It also gives an overview of the physical unit and its features and functions.
