TerreStar Europe, an indirect, majority-owned subsidiary of TerreStar Corp. said that it has brought an action against the European Commission before the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg. The company seeks the annulment of the decision, selecting two operators of pan-European mobile satellite services (MSS) in the EU.
TerreStar Europe said review by the court would address the Commission’s mistake without interfering with the Commission’s goals for this process. The company also said the Commission’s decision excluded TerreStar Europe on a technicality at a preliminary stage of the selection procedure.
The company said that the Commission failed to investigate the supposed inconsistency and notably failed to review the clarifications voluntarily submitted by TerreStar Europe.
The company believes that it serves no one’s interest for the resolution of the selection and authorisation of S-Band MSS systems to be unduly delayed.
TerreStar Europe plans to develop the mobile satellite integrated with terrestrial communications networks that is expected to provide universal access and tailored applications throughout Europe over conventionally-sized wireless devices.
