一种新的数字移动卫星话音通信系统Inmarsat—M已于去年大批生产。 Inmarsat—M将通过轻的、低成本的终端提供卫星电话和其它业务,该终端可安装在车辆上或轮船上,甚至小船上,而且还将生产成简易的个人专用型式。提供Inmarsat—M系统的国际海事卫星组织的第一家合作公司——美国COM-SAT移动通信公司,1992年中通过其位于康涅荻格州和加利福尼亚州的地球站开通了电话业务。该项业务在年终将扩大到传真和 Inmarsat-M, a new digital mobile satellite voice communication system, was mass-produced last year. The Inmarsat-M will provide satellite telephony and other services through a light, low cost terminal that can be mounted on a vehicle or on a ship, or even on a boat, and will be manufactured in a simple, personal-use style. The first cooperative partner of Inmarsat-M, Inmarsat-M Systems, the United States COM-SAT mobile communications company, opened its telephone business in 1992 through its earth stations in Connecticut and California. The business will be expanded to fax and year-end