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 | | In the second phase of its development, CyberStar will expand beyond the U.S., using additional leased Ku-band transponders on existing satellites within the Loral Skynet Global Alliance (Orion, SatMex, and others), and Europe*Star, a dedicated three-satellite array of geostationary Ka-band satellites to be jointly developed by Loral and Alcatel, and scheduled for launch in 1999. |
 | | The CyberStar system will initially offer a satellite-based, open-protocol, digital telecommunications system that will provide a variety of low-cost, high-speed data and telecommunications services in the USA, using leased Ku-band satellite transponders combined with ground-based networks beginning in mid-1998. |
 | | "Alcatel, the telecommunications part of the Alcatel Alsthom Group (US $31.17 billion revenue in 1996), is a worldwide company, currently working with partners in over 125 countries on projects which span the full spectrum of communications systems. |
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