Stratos, based in Bethesda, Maryland, is the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions. Tesacom, a StratosELITE Partner, is South America's leading provider of remote telecommunications solutions. Addvalue, based in Singapore, is a leading designer and supplier of BGAN terminals.

Tesacom was selected by the Brazilian Electoral Superior Court (TSE) to deploy the BGAN network at voting precincts in rural communities nationwide. TSE's selection of Tesacom represents the world's largest single contract for the purchase of the BGAN service.

The BGAN systems quickly transmitted encrypted electoral results from local precincts to TSE's headquarters in Brasilia. The systems also supported voice and high-speed data connectivity for elections officials at the precincts.

Stratos is one of the world's largest distributors of Inmarsat's BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) service, a mobile satellite offering that uses portable, lightweight terminals to provide simultaneous, high-speed data (up to 492 kbps) and voice connectivity anywhere in the world. BGAN is ideally suited to enable communications in areas where terrestrial or cellular networks are damaged, congested, or non-existent.

Since its introduction in 2006, BGAN from Stratos has been widely adopted by military & NGO agencies, media organizations, first responders and professionals in many other industries worldwide. Stratos now boasts BGAN customers in 185 countries, which cover 95 percent of the BGAN footprint.

Tesacom CEO, Jose Sanchez Elia said, "Being selected by TSE to provide such a technologically advanced communications solution reinforces our leadership position in the region. Our BGAN solution, which includes the dedicated support of Stratos and Addvalue, helped ensure that reliable results were rapidly transmitted from rural districts throughout Brazil."

As part of its integrated service offering, Tesacom is working to ensure that its BGAN customers fully utilize The Stratos Advantage, a suite of value-added services that help make BGAN usage more productive and affordable. These value-added services provide users with cost control, firewall management, full traffic information, pre-paid facilities, high security options, easy VPN access, messaging services and full IP range.