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The European Commission chose Inmarsat Ventures and Solaris Mobil...

The European Commission chose Inmarsat Ventures and Solaris Mobile Thursday to provide mobile satellite services across the continent. The services include high-speed Internet access, mobile TV and radio or emergency communications and will be provided over specifically reserved spectrum,…

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the EC said. They'll offer innovative wireless communications to customers and businesses throughout Europe through portable terminals carried by people or mounted in cars and ships, it said. The services can also help close the digital divide by making high-speed Internet available in rural and remote areas, it said. EU nations must now ensure that operators have the right to use the radio frequencies set aside, as well as to run their respective mobile satellite systems, the EC said. Commercial services should launch by May 2011, it said.