Inmarsat Chief Exec Blasts Iridium Plans in Maritime Safety, Air Navigation | SpaceNews.com
Rupert Pearce said Iridium’s current network is incapable of providing
the minimum reliability required by the International Maritime
Organization, and that Iridium has yet to demonstrate it can fully
finance and deploy its second-generation constellation.
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“While we obviously welcome competition and innovation around GMDSS
and safety services generally, the most important thing is that the
standards of quality for safety services are maintained, if not
enhanced,” Pearce said.
“Fundamental to that is 99.99 percent availability on your network.
We do not believe that Iridium even comes close to that level of
performance. As such, it is utterly inappropriate that they should even
apply, let alone be granted accreditation.
“Lives will be lost if people install that equipment and it’s not
available when they need it. In the context of a safety service, as
opposed to a commercial service, the consequences are ghastly to think
about.
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