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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9720

8 August 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 19
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/telecommunications
Commission starts selection procedure for operators of pan-European mobile satellite services

Brussels, 07/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - A competition for providers of communication services via satellite across Europe has been launched today by the European Commission. Satellite operators will for the first time be able to offer services such as high speed data, mobile TV, disaster relief and remote medical services under a single European selection procedure instead of under 27 different national systems. This is made possible by a new EU decision on mobile satellite services that...