Inmarsat Services is the world's first global mobile satellite communications operator and is still the only one to offer a mature range of modern communications services to maritime, land-mobile, aeronautical and other users.
Formed as a maritime-focused intergovernmental organization over 20 years ago, Inmarsat Services have been a limited company since 1999, serving a broad range of markets. Starting with a user base of 900 ships in the early 1980s, it now supports links for phone, fax and broadband data communications at up to 492kbps to more than 210,000 ship, vehicle, aircraft and portable terminals. That number is growing at several thousands a month.