Private Sector products and services

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Satellite communication

• Fastwave (Australia)
  Specialised in providing Iridium satellite data and voice communication services for industry, government and defense organisations around the world.
• WorldSpace Satellite Radio (Global): U0networks
  Delivering timely alerts on a worldwide basis
  

General Public warning services

• Mobipaxx(Germany)
  provides you with SMS messages about submarine earthquake affected areas in the fastest possible electronic way, directly to your mobile cell phone
• Melampous  (USA)
  Low-cost systems for Emergency Services messaging, to enable wide deployment over rural and emerging economies - for tsunami warning, severe weather alert, civil defense, and disaster mitigation.
• Urgent Event Management Systems by MissionMode Solutions Inc.
  MissionMode provides hosted technology services designed to facilitate quicker, more informed incident response. By integrating telephony and text based systems into a secure, online collaboration platform, MissionMode facilitates timely and effective communication and information sharing.

Tsunami detection

• Envirtech (Italy)
  Tsunami Warning System based on submerged platforms, transmitting data via buoy relay to Inmarsat satellite
• Fugro OCEANOR (Norway)
  Tsunami Detection System comprised of surface WAVESCAN buoy and SEAWATCH Deep Sea Module.
  Data transmission via satellite or other options. High technology company with over 25 years experience in the design, manufacture and installation of ocean observing and forecasting systems.
• SAIC (USA) The SAIC Tsunami Buoy (STB) is an enhanced version of NOAA’s DART tsunami detection system - Science Applications International Cooperation

Deep sea deployment services

• France Telecom marine (France)

Full disaster mitigation/management systems

• SAIC (USA)
• Vaisala Solutions: Solutions for Tsunami Early Warning system: tidal stations - buoys - operation center

Observation hardware

• RBR Seabed pressure recorder: The XR-420 SBR is a self-contained, submersible logger, designed to measure pressure to very high accuracy at full ocean depths. It may be mounted on the sea floor, fastened to an existing structure, or attached to a mooring line

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