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To: im a survivor who wrote (11950)	4/10/2000 12:17:00 PM
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QCOM-(Anyone want pick this one apart) Inmarsat Gains Recognition in Transforming Marine Communications as The Installation of Inmarsat-C Hits 50,000 60-Foot Australian Tuna Vessel Recognised as 50,000th Inmarsat-C Customer PR NEWSWIRE - April 10, 2000 10:51 LONDON, Apr 10, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Inmarsat, a leading provider of satellite communications services, is pleased to announce that its 50,000th maritime Inmarsat-C satellite system has now been installed. First introduced in 1999, the Inmarsat-C maritime terminal now forms the world's largest population of global mobile satellite-based communication systems at sea. The most recent installation was on the Australian tuna vessel Teepookana. This milestone also positions Inmarsat as the world's largest provider of mobile Internet e-mail terminals, satellite distress and safety systems and commercial messaging terminals to the maritime industry. Inmarsat-C terminals are simple, low-cost units small enough to be fitted to any vessel. They offer two-way, data or message-based communication up to 32kbytes in length from almost anywhere in the world. Robert Johnson, Inmarsat Maritime General Manager, speaking about the success of Inmarsat-C, said: "The ability of Inmarsat-C to provide a highly reliable messaging and data-communications service to the maritime industry, coupled with the fact that it has proved itself to be the cornerstone of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System, has created strong demand for this service. "No other satellite based communication system can match the unique ability of the Inmarsat-C system to serve the maritime community," Johnson said. "Its success looks set to continue due to the popularity of low-cost global Internet e-mail and vessel position reporting." Inmarsat-C can also be programmed to receive broadcasts through SafetyNET, which provides port authorities with a fast and efficient means of transmitting maritime safety information to vessels at sea, and FleetNET, which allows information to be sent to a virtually unlimited number of mobile terminals simultaneously at a very low cost. Other key services include: -- Data reporting and polling, including the acquisition of data from vessels -- Geographic position reporting, a global, round-the-clock service -- Safety and emergency distress alerting features which are used to meet Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) requirements -- Global Internet e-mail offered through selected service providers Inmarsat-C is also used in the land-mobile (road transport, railways) and aeronautical industries. About Inmarsat Inmarsat owns and operates a global satellite network, has operating licences in 171 countries and is used by a worldwide group of service providers, together offering a comprehensive range of mobile communications service in the air, on land and at sea. In April 1999 Inmarsat changed from being an intergovernmental organisation to become a private limited company registered in the UK. Inmarsat had over 183,000 users at the end of 1999, serviced by around 200 Inmarsat Service Providers in more than 80 countries. Inmarsat is also supported by partners in the fields of equipment manufacture, software provision, systems integration and distribution. Note: Inmarsat-C's closest competitors, Qualcomm and Argos, satellite products number less than 10,000 in deployment worldwide. SOURCE Inmarsat