VSATs permit big broadband transmissions, useful for Inmarsat's traditional customers: maritime and energy companies and governments.

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Inmarsat is also entering a new field, the fixed satellite business ("fixed" refers to the customer, not the satellite) and will access very-small-aperture terminals (VSATs) of the type maintained by fixed satellite service purveyors like Intelsat.

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