The perspectives and ways of the development, of the national mobile satellite communication system "MARAFON"

The The development of the mobile satellite communication on the basis of the geostationary satellite is characterized by the following main tendencies: the Widening of a circle of users, the appearance of comparatively cheap, small dimension automobile transportable and portable terminals, the introduction of satellite communication into the aviation transport, the accelerated growth of rendered services and the reduction of the time to compensate the costs to develop the systems of mobile satellite communication; the development besides the international global system "lnmarsat" of national and regional systems of mobile satellite communication such as MSAT (Canada), ASC/MCS (USA), Prodat and EMS (Europe), Solidaridad (Mexico), Mobilsat (Australia), Agrani (Asia-Africa) and others. the appearance of the competition in the international mobile satellite communication services market and the application of the protection measures to support the national systems from the governmental bodies of the respective countries.The example of such policy is the statement of the Administrations of theUSA and Canada with respect to the limitations to provide communication services by the lnmarsat organization within the limits of their national territories; sharply tense situation of the international legal protection of the frequency allocations of the mobile satellite communication networks.