Intelsat, Ltd. is the world’s largest commercial
satellite communications services provider. Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT), it was an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of
communications satellites providing international broadcast services. As of
2007, Intelsat owns and operates a fleet of 51 communications satellites. in June 2007
BC Partners announced they had acquired 76 percent of Intelsat for about 3.75 billion
euros.
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company,
communications> A private satellite communications company that provides telephony, corporate network,
video and
Internet solutions around the globe via capacity on 25 geosynchronous satellites.
(2003-05-13)