Inmarsat is an internationally owned co-operative of 85 member countries that provides mobile satellite communications world-wide.

Established in 1979 to serve the maritime community, Inmarsat has since evolved to become the only provider of global mobile satellite communications for distress and safety communications, as well as communications for commercial applications at sea, in the air, and on land.

More than 125,000 Inmarsat-based mobile communications terminals are currently in use.

They serve customers from diverse markets including: merchant shipping, fisheries, airlines and corporate jets, land transport, oil and gas, the news media and businesses whose executives travel beyond the reach of conventional communications.

On September 24, 1998, Inmarsat's Assembly of member governments agreed by consensus that Inmarsat will become a privatised company from April, 1999.

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I-CO Mobile Satellite Service
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Mobile Satellite Phone Services

Inmarsat A
Inmarsat's original phone, fax and data system

Inmarsat B
Digital successor to Inmarsat-A

Inmarsat B HSD
64 kbit/s high speed data option

Inmarsat C
Store-and-forward data through briefcase terminals

Inmarsat D & D+
Global messaging and data broadcasts to pager-sized terminals

Inmarsat E
Global alerting services via Inmarsat

Inmarsat Mini M Phone
Inmarsat's smallest satellite phones for voice, fax and data

Inmarsat Aero I
Inmarsat's latest aeronautical satcoms service


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