WARSAW, Poland, May 23 (UPI) -- Poland's equivalent of the U.S. Secret Service has contracted the TS2 Satellite Technologies to provide global communications for its officials.
The connections will be for the Government Protection Bureau's Iridium 9505a and Sailor SC4000 satellite telephones, the company announced.
TS2, a Polish company that has provided satellite broadband service for U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, said GPB officials on foreign missions can now use encrypted communications and data transmission systems, which operate independently of local telecommunications infrastructure.
Furthermore, satellite communications systems increase the level of security, which is particularly significant in areas of military action and wherever an immediate response is vital.
The Iridium satellite network is one of the most reliable telecommunications systems, accessible from virtually anywhere in the world. The orbital parameters, combined with a high number of coordinated satellites, allow constant access to telecommunications services from anywhere on Earth, it said.
The company also offers communications using the satellite constellations of Thuraya, Inmarsat, Eutelsat and Intelsat.
