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Bangalore, Oct. 5 Sasken Communication has made a foray into the satellite communications space and the company will design a satellite phone for satellite network Inmarsat.

The firm on Friday said that it has entered into an agreement with EMS SATCOM, a division of the Atlanta-based satellite phone maker EMS Technologies, to provide software for the design of a next-generation dual-mode satellite and GSM mobile phone for Inmarsat.

Sasken’s solution, consisting of a GSM/GPRS protocol and a supporting application framework, will be integrated into the dual-mode GSM and satellite phone. Protocol software enables and controls communication between the handset and the base stations or satellites.

The company will develop the necessary modifications to the GSM/GPRS protocol stack, to conform to the GMR2+ satellite communications standard. GMR2+ is the next-generation satellite protocol delivering optimum line of sight connection to the most extreme of global locations.

The Inmarsat phone is targeted for launch in early 2009. It will allow remote field, aid operations as well as private and Government agencies to communicate across remote corners of the world.

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