| Inmarsat plc, parent
company of Inmarsat Global Ltd, is pursuing a business strategy
designed to position it squarely at the convergence of information
technology, telecoms and mobility while it continues to serve
traditional maritime, aeronautical and land-mobile markets. |
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| Inmarsat is also taking a leading
role in the proposed Galileo global satellite navigation system,
a project of the European Union and European Space Agency (ESA),
scheduled to enter service in 2008. |
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| Under an agreement signed by
the eight European companies that form the Galileo concessionaire,
or Galileo Operating Company (GOC), Inmarsat will have overall
management leadership in the newly-formed Galileo Operations
Company (OpCo), with responsibility for global network operations. |