By Tony Hallett, 6 January 2003 14:44
NEWS The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has teamed up with Inmarsat to provide satellite-based communications in some of the world's least developed countries. Inmarsat will give E105,000 for the purchase of 15 of its Global Area Network phone terminals while the ITU will select which countries will benefit and donate a sum at least matching Inmarsat's to pay for airtime and other expenses. The initiative is aimed at providing rural telecoms access and emergency communications ability in areas where there are no landlines and little other infrastructure. Each Inmarsat GAN terminal can be connected to 12 cordless handsets, which can then also be used as a terrestrial, free-of-charge local network.
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