Comsat Feels a Chill From the Great White North

From: The Washington Post | Date: July 14, 1998| Author: Mike Mills | Copyright information

Comsat Corp., whose grip on the U.S. satellite services market has been slipping because of deregulation, recently has been feeling the cold wind of competition blowing down from Canada.

Stratos Mobile Networks, a satellite phone services company based in Toronto, has set up shop in Comsat's back yard in Bethesda and is emerging as a feisty rival in the marketplace and in the courts.

Last week four key members of the government sales team at Comsat's mobile communicati...

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