Galvan rated ISAT a buy at 695p on 11/2/2011 when Harbinger Capital Partners sold its remaining 14% stake in Inmarsat.

:-))

I bet you needed a calculator. lol

I think MAM need one!

Thanks dc and harry.

"HSBC downgrades Inmarsat from overweight to neutral, target price raised from 640p to 650p."

Didn't go for any divs tomorrow as I thought all the spreads to wide to get out without a long wait.,.

Healthy bounce post divi and am now back into small profit (with divi). Target 630p and then will consider my options, hopefully!

8th October, 2012 - LONDON: Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, today announced it has signed a master distribution agreement (MDA) with Honeywell for GX Aviation services.

Under the terms of the agreement, Honeywell will partner with Inmarsat to bring the benefits of GX to the business aviation market.

The Inmarsat Global Xpress satellite system is scheduled for global commercial service launch in late 2014, with service introduction for business aviation customers available in Q1 2015. The Ka-band satellite network will offer unprecedented data rates of up to 50mbps to the cabin and global coverage, all backed by Inmarsat's quality standards of reliability and performance.

The signing of this agreement with Honeywell represents a strong endorsement of Inmarsat's GX service innovation for the business aviation sector, and is underscored by Honeywell's commitment to purchase GX capacity for 5 years and reserve capacity up to 2021.

London - 8th October 2012 - Inmarsat and Cisco have announced the creation of a unique long-term alliance that will enable Inmarsat to deliver advanced services, from applications to business collaboration and video to multimedia content over Inmarsat's new high-throughput satellite broadband network, Global Xpress (GX).

Cisco will provide Inmarsat with a state-of-the-art satellite applications service delivery platform and a high performance access network for Inmarsat's Global Xpress programme, the first global Ka-band (the satellite transmission frequency) network with mobile connectivity. Cisco will also develop a router for satellite network end-users that will utilise not only the Inmarsat GX capabilities but also the current BGAN global network.

Cisco will build and operate the network on a fully managed basis before transferring it to Inmarsat, and will use its key software stacks of Service Delivery Platform and Prime to enable advanced capabilities such as voice, video, cloud application services and high speed internet access.

This GX/BGAN integrated platform will allow Inmarsat and its partners to rapidly develop and remotely deploy innovative applications to this new device and will extend the reach of new services across the whole Inmarsat network. Inmarsat will become a Global Partner for Cisco and both companies will bring their combined service capabilities to Inmarsat's value added resellers around the globe.

StockMarketWire.com
Satellite operator Inmarsat said during the third quarter to end-September, the global maritime business continued to see a strong take up of FleetBroadband.

Inmarsat reported over 2,100 net additions to the base of active terminals making a total installed base of over 32,000 at the end of the quarter.

Sales of XpressLink have also been encouraging with a number of new contracts signed.

Performance across other business sectors and the Inmarsat Solutions business has been positive and consistent with recently reported revenue trends.

Inmarsat expects to release an Interim Management Statement for the 3 months ended 30th September 2012 on 5th November 2012.

Rupert Pearce, CEO, said: "Trading during the third quarter has been consistent with trends reported for the second quarter and with our guidance for the full year."

StockMarketWire.com
Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat plc's total revenues - excluding LightSquared - rose by 5% to $322m in the three months to the end of September.

Wholesale maritime revenues rose by 17% and more than 2,100 FleetBroadband terminals were added during the quarter.

On a group basis, Inmarsat Global MSS revenue rose by 3% to $187m and Inmarsat Solutions revenue was up 4% at $206m.

Chief executive Rupert Pearce said, "The third quarter saw continued customer take-up of new services across our business sectors.

"In maritime, another very positive quarter was driven by the benefit of pricing initiatives earlier in the year and by the continuing strong take-up of FleetBroadband.

"Despite the headwinds we face from the on-going withdrawal from Afghanistan, results for our land mobile business improved with growth from IsatPhone Pro and positive underlying data growth due mainly to new BGAN subscribers."

My target of 630p reached. Next target 680p. Happy to hold while in uptrend.

well done harry.,.

Cheers Bb. Just wish I had spotted the rise earlier, but that's probably the way with most stocks!!!

Date for release of preliminary full year 2012 results
Inmarsat plc announces that it will report consolidated preliminary full year 2012 results on 7 March 2013. Inmarsat management will host a presentation of the results on Thursday, 7 March at Inmarsat's offices, 99 City Road, London EC1Y 1AX. The presentation will begin at 9:30am London time, (EST 4:30am). A live webcast of the presentation will also be available through our website.

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Satellite communications specialist Inmarsat reported total revenue (excluding LightSquared) of $1.278bn for the year to end-December, up 6% on the prior year.

EBITDA (excluding LightSquared) $643m (2011: $662m).

Profit before tax $294m (2011: $367m).

Final dividend of 27.45 cents US$, up 10%.

Wholesale MSS revenues up 2.5%.

Wholesale maritime MSS revenues up 15%.

Total MSS active terminals up 14%.

Strong service take-up: FleetBroadband, XpressLink, IsatPhone Pro

Confidence in Global Xpress programme

Inmarsat Group Limited - Fourth Quarter Highlights

· Inmarsat Global MSS revenues $184m up 4% (2011: $178m)

· Inmarsat Solutions revenues $208m up 6% (2011: $196m)

· Total EBITDA (excluding LightSquared) $150m (2011: $154m)

Rupert Pearce, CEO, said, "We are making progress across a range of activities that strengthen our core franchise and bring us closer to addressing new markets with our Global Xpress services. We are pleased with the improved results from our core MSS business and we are confident in reiterating all of our existing revenue growth targets. At the same time, significant technical and commercial progress with our Global Xpress programme means we expect to begin network deployment in 2013 as planned."

Inmarsat plc Interim Management Statement

London, UK: 2 May 2013. Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, today provided the following information for the three months ended 31 March 2013.

Inmarsat plc - Highlights

· Total revenue (excluding LightSquared) $310.8m up 2.4% (2012: $303.5m)
· Wholesale maritime MSS revenues up 8.7%
· Strong subscriber growth: FleetBroadband, XpressLink, IsatPhone Pro
· Total active terminals up 16%
· Global Xpress programme on track and budget

Inmarsat Group Limited - First Quarter Highlights

· Inmarsat Global MSS revenues $184.6m up 3.7% (2012: $178.0m)
· Inmarsat Solutions revenues $189.5m (2012: $190.8m)
· Total EBITDA (excluding LightSquared) $154.2m (2012: $157.7m)

Rupert Pearce, Inmarsat's Chief Executive Officer, said, "The improved results from our wholesale MSS business have continued in the first quarter, with positive performances across our business sectors. We have also maintained momentum in subscriber additions for new services. These results provide for continued confidence in our outlook for full year revenues at the wholesale level. Within our Inmarsat Solutions retail segment we have seen results in line with our expectations from three of our four business units. However, in our US Government business unit, we have seen a sudden and pronounced deterioration in both demand and profitability, in each case principally related to US budget cuts. This has led to further margin compression in the Solutions business in the first quarter and we expect the current adverse market conditions for our US Government retail activities to continue for the time being. We aim to substantially mitigate the impact of this changed environment by addressing the cost base for our US Government business unit and by implementing other cost controls across the group. Looking ahead, we are making rapid progress with Alphasat and our Global Xpress programme and our deployment plans remain firmly on track."

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Giles Thorne at Jefferies:
"The DISH / LightSquared news out over night is a material step forward in the LightSquared story but does not clearly crystallise any upside risk (or downside risk) to ISAT in our view. Inmarsat feel a high conviction read-across for the equity would be too speculative at this point. Notwithstanding, it is bound to introduce some short term volatility as the market wrestles with the implications for the LightSquared option value.
No clear steer yet on implications for Inmarsat. There will be a lot of speculation as to the read-across to Inmarsat from the overnight news. It is far from clear cut in our view. A bull case for Inmarsat would argue that if DISH was to purchase LightSquared’s spectrum, then the cooperation agreement would pass over to DISH and there would be a chance that payments to Inmarsat under the agreement would ultimately begin again (i.e. why would DISH be buying spectrum they felt they couldn’t use?). Equally, the bear case for Inmarsat would argue that if the DISH purchase proceeds either it buys just the spectrum and not the business (meaning the cooperation agreement won’t pass over, though admittedly this scenario feels less likely) or it shelves the cooperation agreement because it has enough spectrum from its recent purchases (Terrestar, potentially Clearwire) that they no longer need Inmarsat’s spectrum.
Recent progress with FCC. The DISH development follows news on 2 May that the FCC granted LightSquared authorisation to stage a three-month investigation into the technical feasibility of using the 1675MHz–1680MHz band for mobile broadband services on a shared basis with existing federal departments. This baby step forward in finding a way for LightSquared to bring its spectrum into use in a way that addresses the FCC’s concerns was a welcome glimmer of light.
Company view. Inmarsat management have gone out of their way since the cooperation agreement moratorium was put in place to lower expectations for future LightSquared payments and keep any potential upside out of the share price. We have spoken to the company this morning and they are unwilling / unable to strongly steer on what the implications are feeling that it is just too speculative at this point."

Date for release of 2013 interim results
Inmarsat plc will report consolidated interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2013 and Inmarsat Group Limited will release consolidated financial results for the second quarter ended 30 June 2013 on Friday 2 August at 07:00 hrs BST (London time).

INMARSAT CONFIRMS SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF ALPHASAT SATELLITE

26th July, 2013: Inmarsat, (LSE:ISAT.L), confirms the successful launch of the Alphasat satellite.

Alphasat was launched on an Ariane 5 ECA from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana at 20.54hrs BST on 25th July (16.54hrs local time). Arianespace confirmed a successful spacecraft separation at 27 minutes 45 seconds after launch and the Alphasat Mission Operations Team confirmed telemetry reception and that they have command of the satellite at 21.47 BST.

The Alphasat satellite will shortly begin a deployment phase, followed by a period of in-orbit testing. This process is expected to last several weeks before commercial operations can begin. Inmarsat expects to provide an update on the deployment progress when it reports interim results on Friday, 2nd August.

Following the start of commercial operations, Alphasat will provide service to Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Alphasat will augment the existing Inmarsat-4 satellite network, which provides global mobile satellite services in L-band.