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...service launch have had a decade," says Michael Butler, Inmarsat's COO.
It will also require the most investment. For US$1.5 bn, Inmarsat has purchased three next-generation satellites--known as the I-4 series--which are capable of delivering the BGAN service (IP-compatible synchronous data speeds of up to 432Kbps to mobile terminals) as well as legacy Inmarsat services. The investment also buys the ground segment; a 3G-compatible terrestrial core network (supplied by Ericsson); and what Inmarsat calls a 'state-of-the-art' billing system. Butler declines to say when he expects Inmarsat to recoup...
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