Business with ESA Telecom

Objectives
The Mobility programme line has
the following objectives:
• to develop optimised system
architectures and subsystem
specifications based on the inputs
provided by operators and
industry, aiming at improved
integration and operability with
existing and future networks
• to support European industry in
standardisation and regulatory
activities
• to develop the necessary
innovative key technologies to
ensure independence from
systems or equipment from non-
European suppliers
• to develop, demonstrate and
promote advanced mobile
satellite systems that use
technologies developed in Europe
• to develop and demonstrate
applications and services that use
these advanced mobile satellite
systems and facilitate satellite
integration with terrestrial
networks and hybrid
satellite/terrestrial localisation
systems.
Activities
System-architecture studies
initiated under this programme line
will be used to develop the next
generation of mobile services,
systems, equipment and user
terminals.
A special task force dedicated to
Advanced Mobile Satellite System
(ASMS) has been set up, with
members selected by a number
of mobile telecommunications
operators and industry. It supports
European standardisation and
regulatory activities, co-ordinates a
common vision for development,
and helps industry build on the
existing infrastructure. This activity
will help to give European mobile
satellite services a stronger foothold
and protect the industry from
dependence on US-based systems.
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