About MSV

MSV is at the forefront of the development of the first integrated satellite-cellular communications network, which will provide seamless, transparent, interoperable and ubiquitous wireless coverage of North America using conventional handsets. It has extensive patents on the technology and holds the first FCC license to provide these services.

The company took a lead role in the regulatory process that led to a regime, which allowed ATC, and recognized it as an efficient, effective and forward-thinking use of scarce spectrum resources. As a result, MSV has pioneered the underlying technology necessary to deploy and operate a satellite/terrestrial hybrid network. Through the development of intellectual property and next generation system designs, the company has established the best approaches for spectrum sharing, interference cancellation, hybrid chipset-based devices and other techniques essential to the operation of an economic hybrid network.

MSV is embarking on the deployment of a wireless network whose unique combination of defining characteristics - continental reach, multi-layer network architecture, all-IP technology approach and wholesale distribution model - create the foundation for its highly attractive broadband wireless platform.

MSV, along with its Canadian joint venture partner MSV Canada, is already North America's leading developer and supplier of mobile satellite communications services (MSS) delivering data, voice, fax and dispatch radio services via its two existing geostationary satellites. MSV uses approximately 30 MHz of L-Band spectrum that is conducive for mobile and fixed broadband wireless services and authorized for use in every market in North America, covering a total population of nearly 330 million people.

MSV is building two satellites for North American coverage, which will be among the largest and most powerful commercial satellites ever built. When launched starting in 2009, the network will transform communications in a variety of areas including public safety, homeland security, aviation, transportation and entertainment, by providing interoperable, user-friendly and feature-rich voice and high-speed data services.