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Article: Satellites for fun and profit. (satellite communications in the Middle East) (MEED Special Report: Telecoms)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
- Article date:
- April 22, 1994
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THERE are a myriad uses for satellite communications, as many countries in the Middle East have discovered. From Iran to Algeria, Turkey to Oman, satellite communications are used by disaster relief organiSations, transport managers, and mining and oil exploration companies, and for monitoring cargo traffic through ports, sending telegrams and voice telephone in remote rural areas.
Inmarsat, an internationally operated cooperative of 73 member nations, including Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkey and the UAE, is a leading player in satellite communications. It was set up in 1979 to serve the maritime community but ...