The EGNOS system works as follows: 40 ranging and integrity monitoring stations (RIMS) spread across Europe receive signals from US GPS satellites; four mission control centers handle data processing and differential corrections counting; while six navigation land earth stations manage accuracy and reliability data sent to the three satellite transponders, for relay to end-user devices.

The EGNOS system works as follows: 34 ranging and integrity monitoring stations (RIMS) spread across Europe receive signals from the US GPS satellites; there are four mission control centers to handle data processing and differential corrections counting; and there are six navigation land earth stations that manage accuracy and reliability data for sending to the three satellite transponders for relay to end-user devices.

Systems providing mobile satellite services use radio frequencies to provide services between a mobile Earth station (i.e. a portable satellite phone carried by a person or mounted on a ship or car) and one or more stations either in space (i.e. satellites) or on the ground (terrestrial base stations).

Mobile satellite system: electronic communications networks and associated facilities capable of providing radio-communications services between a mobile earth station and one or more space stations, or between mobile earth stations by means of one or more space stations, or between a mobile earth station and one or more complementary ground components used at fixed locations.

Enhancing the use of satellite services in the Community The amending directive intends to abolish restrictions in : - the provision of all satellite earth station equipment such as Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) equipment for business networks, mobile satellite equipment, Satellite News Gathering units, Direct-to-Home television reception equipment etc, - the provision of satellite services over satellite business networks to allow e.g corporate voice services (not connected to the public switched network), . interactive data services from a central location to retail outlets . videotransmissions for the training of corporate staff ...[+++] located on various sites, . transmission of the content of a daily paper to remote printing locations - the provision of mobile satellite services to allow e.g. tracking of and communications with road haulage fleets or fisheries fleets, the monitoring of dangerous transports, satellite links to aircraft, etc.

The projects carried out in this sector were as follows: - telecommunications network with earth-based relay stations, telephone equipment, etc.; - airports: Tonga, Fiji, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Vanuatu; - a shipping line in which seven ACP States are shareholders - the Pacific Forum line: supply of containers.