CALIAN Technology Ltd.- SED Systems Inc. Wins Inmarsat Mobility Management Contract.KANATA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 1996--CALIAN TECHNOLOGY LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability .(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :CTY CTY - /sit'ee/ or /C-T-Y/ [MIT] The terminal physically associated with a computer's system console. The term is a contraction of "Console tty", that is, "Console TeleTYpe". ) SED Systems Inc. of Saskatoon, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of CALIAN Technology Ltd. has been awarded a contract by Inmarsat (International Mobile Satellite Organization The International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) is the organization overseeing distress and safety satellite communications provided by the Inmarsat satellites. External links
The system, which is expected to come into operation in late 1997, will be a major step towards the introduction of single-code dialing access to users of Inmarsat mobile and transportable communications terminals. Under the terms of the CAN$8 million, 21 month contract, SED (1) (Stream EDitor) A Unix text editor that processes an entire file. It is the stream-oriented version of ed, an earlier text editor. Sed executes ed commands, but instead of editing one line at a time, sed applies the commands to the whole file. will provide Global Location Registers for each of Inmarsat's four satellite regions, and a Central Control Terminal at Inmarsat's Network Operations Centre in London. Inmarsat is the 79 member country organization that operates the world's only global mobile satellite communications system, providing commercial and distress and safety communications services to more than 50,000 users at sea, on land and in the air. In operation since 1982, Inmarsat is currently launching its third generation of satellites. The first of five Inmarsat-3 satellites was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas 2 Centaur centaur (sĕn`tôr), in Greek mythology, creature, half man and half horse. The centaurs were fathered by Ixion or by Centaurus, who was Ixion's son. rocket on April 4, 1996. The Mobility Management System will support Inmarsat's existing and planned digital voice services. Benefits of the system include the ability of subscribers, dialing from conventional fixed telephones, to more easily locate and contact Inmarsat mobile communication users, enable higher call completion rates and provide a platform from which additional services such as personal mobility (smart cards), mailbox facilities and improved call forwarding can be made available. CALIAN Technology Ltd. of Kanata, Ontario and its wholly owned subsidiary SED Systems Inc. design, manufacture and market satellite communications systems, provide related technical outsourcing services and develops communication terminal products for mobile satellite applications. CONTACT: SED Systems Inc. Brent McConnell, 306/931-1425 306/933-1486 (Fax) |
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