Inmarsat Sees Long-term Benefit in Distributor Consolidation

摘要

Inmarsat plc reported higher revenues and profit, and a reduced debt load, for the first six months of 2005 despite the erosion of its land-mobile business due in part to declining use by military and other customers in the Middle East. Inmarsat's maritime market, which has been slower than land-based mobile customers to move from voice to data services, is now generating most of its growth through data applications, Inmarsat reported Aug. 24. Some 53 percent of Inmarsat's global revenue comes from maritime users.