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"We were able to rush terminals into Nepal, and
the feedback from that has been great," Chief Executive Rupert
Pearce said following release of the British satellite maker's
first-quarter earnings.
The terminals provide voice and broadband data capability to
help emergency relief workers communicate and media broadcast to
send pictures.
It launched the second satellite for its new GlobalXpress
high-capacity service in February which is not yet in service
and a third is scheduled to go into orbit at the end of May or
early June, Pearce said.
He said worldwide commercial service would start in August or
September, slightly later than planned due to launch timings.
But he said he remained confident GlobalXpress would generate
revenue of $500 million five years after it starts global
commercial service.
Inmarsat on Wednesday reported first-quarter revenue of $304.8
million, down from $344.7 million a year earlier as continued
cuts in government defense budgets offset higher demand from
shipping and aircraft.
"It was a very slightly soft start but it picked up well during
the quarter," Pearce said. "We are going at a decent lick into
the second."
Shares in the company, which had risen 28 percent since the
start of the year to reach an all-time high of 1,022.6 pence on
Friday, were down 3 percent to 957 pence by 0756 GMT on
Wednesday.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; editing by Jason Neely)
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