[Satellite TODAY 11-23-11] Mobile satellite communications provider SatCom Global has expanded its worldwide network to include a point of presence (PoP) in Sydney, Australia, the company announced Nov. 22.

   Sydney is the latest addition to SatCom Global’s backbone IP infrastructure, which includes two PoPs in New York and London.  

   SatCom Global said the new PoP is now fully operational and aims to enable customers to terminate local Inmarsat BGAN and FleetBroadband IP traffic. The capability is an effort to reduce both latency and cost by providing shorter routes for data transmission. The new ground infrastructure also aims to improve communication security as SatCom Global’s customers now have the ability to directly interconnect to their premises in the Asia Pacific region without using public Internet connectivity.

   “With the introduction of force routing, all traffic that originates from Australia must first be routed back to Australia for legal interception before being sent onwards. The PoP in Sydney enables SatCom Global to meet forced routing requirements with lower latency while also satisfying the needs of government, maritime and media customers who require a dedicated link for secure, end-to-end data transfer over BGAN and FleetBroadband,” SatCom Global said in a company statement.