Intelsat and Telespazio Bring GSM Service to Cruise Ship Passengers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2004 Intelsat today announced a five-year contract with Telespazio to provide satellite capacity for cellular telephone services that Telecom Italia Mobile TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) is Telecom Italia's mobile phone brand, and runs a GSM, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA network in Italy and a GSM network with EDGE in Brazil. In Europe, TIM is part of the FreeMove alliance. TIM Peru was sold to América Móvil and rebranded Claro. (TIM TIM Timothy TIM Technical Interchange Meeting TIM Transient Intermodulation Distortion TIM Time Is Money TIM The Invisible Man (movie) TIM Telecom Italia Mobile (Italian cellular provider) ) will make available to passengers traveling on Costa Crociere cruise ships This is a list of cruise ships, both those in service and those that have since ceased to operate. Both cruise ships and cruiseferries are included in this list. (Ocean liners are not included on this list, see List of ocean liners. in the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Caribbean and South American regions. Telespazio, the Finmeccanica company-leader in satellite services, is working with TIM to offer GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. cellular services, and chose Intelsat to provide the multi-regional, at-sea connectivity. Through the satellite gateway at the Fucino Space Center in Italy, Telespazio routes the GSM traffic from the satellite maritime network to TIM's public GSM network, ensuring availability during oceanic navigation. The capacity for this solution will be provided over the Intelsat 907 satellite at the 332.5(degrees)E orbital orbital Mathematical expression, called a wave function, that describes properties characteristic of no more than two electrons near an atomic nucleus or molecule. An orbital can be considered a three-dimensional region in which there is a 95% probability of finding an location; This is Intelsat's most recently launched spacecraft spacecraft Vehicle designed to operate, with or without a crew, in a controlled flight pattern above Earth's lower atmosphere. Since streamlining is not needed in the high vacuum of this environment, a spacecraft's shape is designed according to its mission (see and one of the most powerful in its global fleet. Costa Crociere, the leading European cruise group and the market leader in Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , operates 10 modern ships that accommodate approximately 16,000 guests. "Intelsat's network reliability, excellent support and capability to ensure a large coverage area, including in the middle of the ocean, is a strong reason behind our long relationship with them," said Mr. Paolo Binelli, Head of Networks and Multimedia at Telespazio. "Intelsat's dependable solution allows Telespazio and TIM to offer thousands of cruise ship passengers instant, high-quality communications whenever and wherever they want to make contact with their families or friends." John Stanton, President, Intelsat's Data, Carrier & Internet unit, stated, "Intelsat has long provided reliable ship-to-shore communications on which sailors SAILORS. Seamen, mariners. Vide Mariners; Seamen; Shipping Articles. , governments, cruise ship passengers and others depend for instant, high-quality communications. Our global network provides seamless services to customers at sea, on land and almost anywhere else, and we are pleased to be working with Telespazio to provide this important new network." About Intelsat Intelsat, Ltd. offers telephony, corporate network, video and Internet solutions around the globe via capacity on 25 geosynchronous satellites A geosynchronous satellite is a satellite whose orbital track on the Earth repeats regularly over points on the Earth over time. If such a satellite's orbit lies over the equator and the orbit is circular, it is called a geostationary satellite. in prime orbital locations. Customers in approximately 200 countries rely on Intelsat satellites and ground resources for quality connections, global reach and reliability. For more information, visit www.intelsat.com. About Telespazio Telespazio is the Finmeccanica company leader in satellite services. Telespazio represents the first private satellite operator able to offer a complete range of solutions, including space systems, satellite orbit control, fixed and mobile telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , TV services, broadband multimedia, Earth observation and R&D. With more than 1,200 employees, its network of space centers connected with fiber, more than 170 operating antennas and 40 satellite mobile units, Telespazio is also involved in main Italian and European space programs such as Galileo and Cosmo-SkyMed. About TIM TIM (Telecom Italia Telecom Italia is formerly a partially state-owned Italian telco. It was once known as SIP, and it has the largest user base in Italy. Telecom Italia also owns shares in Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal, fixed and cellular networks in Argentina. Group) is the leading European operator in terms of the number of GSM lines on a single network and leader in the domestic market with 26.1 million lines as of September 30, 2003. The TIM Group with its associate companies in Europe, South America and in the Mediterranean basin The Mediterranean Basin refers to the lands around and surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin refers to the lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers, which has reached an overall number of 43.2 million lines. Further information on TIM can be found at www.tim.it About Costa Crociere Costa Crociere, the leading European cruise company and the market leader in Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland and South America, operates 10 modern ships that accommodate approximately 16,000 guests (double occupancy cabins). Costa ended 2003 with the new booking record of 4.315.116 guest-days. Some of the statements in this news release constitute "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. " that do not directly or exclusively relate to historical facts. These forward-looking statements reflect Intelsat's intentions, plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of Intelsat's control. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements include known and unknown risks. Detailed information about some of the known risks is included in Intelsat's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2002 on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Because actual results could differ materially from Intelsat's intentions, plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs about the future, you are urged to view all forward-looking statements contained in this news release with caution. Intelsat does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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