Two-stage application process for the provision of mobile satellite services across Europe.

Remember that series of financial disasters in the late 1990s for mobile satellite services (MSS) companies such as Iridium, Globalstar and ICO? Ten years later, and the industry appears to be headed for a resurrection, enabled by relaxed regulations, business plans, new satellites capable of offering broadband applications and a remedy to those clunky handsets that played a large role in the indu...

The troubled economic environment is not stunting the mobile satellite services market, according to a new survey and forecast from research and consulting firm NSR.

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TMF Associates, a Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) consulting firm, today released its analysis of the proposed Skyterra/Inmarsat merger, and an updated profile of Iridium. Tim Farrar, author of the research, commented, “Doubts have grown over the last year about whether the re-use of MSS spectrum in terrestrial networks, referred to as Ancillary Terrestrial Components or ATC,

Eutelsat Communications and SES ASTRA have announced the appointment of Steve Maine as CEO of their jointly-owned venture offering Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) in S-Band.

SkyTerra and Inmarsat have reached a major pact to offer L-band hybrid mobile satellite services in North America, reports RCR News. "We have worked long and hard with Inmarsat to develop this agreement, which sets operational parameters in the L-band for existing satellite operations and lays the groundwork for future cooperation to address consumers' demand

SkyTerra Communications Inc., Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P. and Inmarsat plc said they reached a major pact to resolve complex technical, regulatory and business issues, a move they believe will better enable each to offer L-band hybrid mobile satellite services in North America. ... - Jeffrey Silva