nternational Telecommunications Satellite
Organization (Washington, DC).
Intersputnik-International Organization of Space
Communications (Moscow); first established in the former Soviet Union
and the East European countries, it is now marketing its services
worldwide with earth stations in North America, Africa, and East Asia.
landline-communication wire or cable of any sort that is
installed on poles or buried in the ground.
Marecs-Maritime European Communications Satellite used in the
Inmarsat system on lease from the European Space Agency.
Marisat-satellites of the Comsat Corporation that participate
in the Inmarsat system.
Medarabtel-the Middle East Telecommunications Project of the
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) providing a modern
telecommunications network, primarily by microwave radio relay,
linking Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Saudi
Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen; it was initially
started in Morocco in 1970 by the Arab Telecommunications Union (ATU)
and was known at that time as the Middle East Mediterranean
Telecommunications Network.
microwave radio relay-transmission of long distance telephone
calls and television programs by highly directional radio microwaves
that are received and sent on from one booster station to another on
an optical path.
NMT-Nordic Mobile Telephone; an analog cellular telephone
system that was developed jointly by the national telecommunications
authorities of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland,
Norway, and Sweden).
Orbita-a Russian television service; also the trade name of a
packet-switched digital telephone network.
radiotelephone communications-the two-way transmission and
reception of sounds by broadcast radio on authorized frequencies using
telephone handsets.
satellite communication system-a communication system
consisting of two or more earth stations and at least one satellite
that provides long distance transmission of voice, data, and
television; the system usually serves as a trunk connection between
telephone exchanges; if the earth stations are in the same country, it
is a domestic system.
satellite earth station-a communications facility with a
microwave radio transmitting and receiving antenna and required
receiving and transmitting equipment for communicating with
satellites.
satellite link-a radio connection between a satellite and an
earth station permitting communication between them, either