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Vizada is a worldwide satellite communications services provider which operates land earth stations that connect satellite communications to terrestrial telecommunications and IP networks. Vizada provides both mobile and fixed satellite telecommunications to a wide array of markets including merchant shipping, defense and government, fishing and yachting, oil & gas, mining, and non-governmental organizations. The product offering covers maritime, land and aeronautical services. In 2011, the Vizada Group was acquired by EADS, to be integrated as a subsidiary of Astrium.〔 == History == Vizada has a rich history which stems from the acquisitions and reorganizations of several leading global telecommunications entities including France Telecom and Telenor, as well as vertically-specialized company such as Sait Communications and TDCom 1940s: the company has been involved in maritime communications since World War II when it began operating a network of radio communications in Europe.〔 1970s: Originally part of Norwegian operator Telenor, Vizada became the first to use satellites for domestic use.〔 1976: Eik teleport, situated on the southwest coast of Norway, was established to provide communications to oil platforms in the North Sea<.〔 1979: Creation of the International Maritime Satellite Organisation (Inmarsat) under the auspices of United Nations and IMO with contribution of France, Norway and the US as founding member. 1991: The France Telecom group was the fifth largest shareholder in Inmarsat, the international maritime satellite provider.〔 In 1991, Telenor Satellite Services at Eik Teleport developed the Sealink Maritime VSAT solution to provide communications services between remote locations at sea and fleet management offices on shore.〔 1997: Creation of Taide Network (now Vizada Networks) in Holmestrand, Norway. from an academic project initiated at universities in Oslo, Norway, and Vilnius, Lithuania in the early 1990s. VSAT services operations were established in the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Austria. 1999: Satellite services were split from to Telenor core business into independent operating units. Telenor Satellite Services (maritime Inmarsat and fixed satellite services and Telenor Satellite Network (VSAT networks. They would later form one single company. 2001-2002: France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications acquired DT Mobile Satellite(Germany), Glocall(Netherlands), and TDcom(France).〔 2002: Telenor Satellite Services acquired Comsat Mobile Communications (USA) and Sait Communications a leading Maritime Communications service provider which was renamed Marlink. 2007: Apax Partners acquired FTMSC and Telenor Satellite Services and forms Vizada in 2007.〔 2010: Vizada, through its subsidiary Marlink, received the Inmarsat 2010 partner award recognizing Vizada as a solutions innovator for the merchant shipping market.〔 2011: EADS acquires all assets of the Vizada Group for approximately 1 billion USD for its Astrium Services business unit. The acquisition was concluded in December 2011.〔 2015: Airbus DS decided to sell Satcom division. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vizada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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