Inmarsat Mini-M launched

Inmarsat Mini-M launched

JAKARTA (JP): State-owned PT Indosat will launch today its new
service, the Global Express Phone-7 or the Inmarsat Mini-M, a new
international call service using International Maritime
Satellite's (Inmarsat) networks.

Indosat's public relations manager, J.B. Basuki, said the new
service would be available through Inmarsat satellite networks on
the geo-stationery orbit.

"The Inmarsat Mini-M is designed for facsimile, data, voice
communications and Internet used on smaller terminals like
notebooks," he said.

He said the service would cover areas not covered by normal
telephone lines and cellular phones.

Inmarsat services are set for both voice and data
telecommunications from any point on land, sea or in the air.
Inmarsat, operating its own telecommunications satellites, is an
international organization in Britain grouping various companies
throughout the world. Indosat joined it in 1987.

Indosat operates the Inmarsat B and M earth station, in
Jatiluhur, West Java.

Basuki said a portable terminal for Inmarsat Mini-M cost about
US$5,000, while call charges started at $3 a minute. (icn)