(Bethesda, MD, March 11, 2002) – Stratos, a leading global provider of remote communication solutions and services, today announced the launch of its unique new StratosOne service.  
 
StratosOne is a unified messaging and information service owned and operated by Stratos through its global telecommunications network, and like all Stratos services is managed and maintained to the highest standards of operation and availability 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  
 
The StratosOne software delivers the most efficient possible use of satellite airtime through data compression and duplex transfer, meaning a significant reduction in airtime charges. In addition to compressing all message types, including email, telex and fax, the user also has access to a variety of other services including weather, news and sports information anytime, anywhere.  
 
''StratosOne completes our messaging portfolio and makes us a single, one-stop-shop for all communications related requirements,'' said Jim Parm, Stratos COO. ''With StratosOne, Stratos now provides mobile airtime, unified messaging, information services, on-line account management, and billing and support services, all for the remote user with comprehensive messaging needs.''  
 
Weather information is provided by Applied Weather Technology, using real-time weather data to generate colour-coded graphics, allowing the safest, most economic route to be plotted for the vessel, and thereby avoid potentially serious weather systems.  
 
Applied Weather Technology (AWT) is an established Californian corporation, which provides weather related services to a wide range of customers in the maritime industry.  
 
Stratos (www.stratos.ca) is a publicly traded (TSE:SGB) international telecommunications services provider offering customers operating in remote locations a variety of wireless, IP, data and voice solutions through a range of newly emerging and established technologies such as Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, VSAT and others. Stratos serves an array of diverse markets including government, military, aeronautical, industrial, recreational and maritime users anywhere in the world.