According to Monica Fossnes, marketing manager for personal communication services in Telenor Satellite, GAN will dramatically boost the data transfer capabilities and the mobility of remote communication. "A GAN user will be able to access up to 64 kbps data capacity from a laptop-size multimedia terminal," says Fossnes. "This speed is comparable to a fixed ISDN line."

Fossnes says the new service will prove particularly valuable to mobile satellite phone users operating in remote areas such as journalists, photographers, engineers, field doctors, insurance adjusters and aid workers.

These users and others in multinational companies and organizations require access to e-mail and web-based applications such as a corporate intranet. They also need the capability to transfer digital images and video footage, as well as access to video-conferencing for meetings, remote technical troubleshooting or medical diagnoses.

"We feel that the Global Area Network will strengthen Telenor's position as a complete supplier of Inmarsat satellite services and will differentiate our mobile offering from providers of voice-based services such as Iridium, Globalstar and ICO," says Fossnes.

Telenor's Land Earth Station at Eik, on Norway's southwestern coast, was also the world's first to provide the Inmarsat Mini-M portable service when it was launched three years ago. Mobiq, Telenor's Mini-M offering, is currently a market leader. There are currently some 45,000 Inmarsat Mini-M terminals in use worldwide.

Europe's third largest satellite service provider, Telenor is the fourth largest shareholder in Inmarsat. Eik LES is one of largest earth stations in the Inmarsat system.

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