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Inmarsat to Launch Broadband Satellite Service in the U.S.

Via RCR Wireless News.

London-based Inmarsat plc last week received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to begin offering satellite-based broadband service in the United States, where the company said it will focus initially on emergency workers dealing with the fallout from the upcoming hurricane season.

The plan would thrust Inmarsat into direct competition with established mobile satellite service providers Iridium Satellite L.L.C. and Globalstar L.L.C., both of which recovered from bankruptcy to grow the market for MSS. In 2004 the market was worth around $2 billion, but that number should jump following a slew of natural disasters.

posted by Fergie @ 5/16/2006 10:47:00 AM