11/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - Eric Béranger new head of European Satellite Operators' Agency. Eric Béranger, the CEO of Astrium Services, a satellite communications company, was elected chairman of the European Satellite Operators' Agency, ESOA, on Tuesday 10 May by the ESOA board. He will take over from the CEO of HelliSat, Christodoulos Propapas. Cato Halsaa of Norway, CEO of Telenor, was elected ESOA vice-chair. Both men have a one-year term of office. ESOA aims in 2011 to ensure that satellite communication is properly recognised in the upcoming EU Space Policy Programme and that satellite operators secure access to key spectrum needed for future growth at next year's World Radio Conference in Geneva. (A.By./transl.fl)