About SkyTerra
SkyTerra is North America's premier provider of satellite phone communications.
First responders, emergency management, command and control.
Voice and two-way radio via satellite. technical
SkyTerra 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, SkyTerra 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.
SkyTerra 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.
SkyTerra, along with its Canadian joint venture partner SkyTerra 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. SkyTerra 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.
SkyTerra 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.