Established in 1997, Thuraya is a regional mobile satellite system that provides satellite telephone services to a region covering 110 countries in Europe, North, Central Africa and large parts Southern Africa, the Middle East, Central and South Asia.

Under the terms of the distribution agreement, Telenor now offers ThurayaDSL Services, in addition to Thuraya's standard handheld satellite communications services.

"The addition of Thuraya services to Telenor's portfolio further strengthens and complements our current menu of 'on demand' mobile satellite services," said Tore Hilde, chief executive officer of Telenor Satellite Services.

"Our partnership with Thuraya adds unique value with an established quality of service that we can market globally through our worldwide network of Telenor Service Providers."

Thuraya's CEO Yousuf Al Sayed added: "Thuraya always puts a premium on the quality of the service providers it selects, as they remain the vital link that connects the company to its customers. We are pleased that Telenor has joined Thuraya's service provider network and recognize their considerable telecom expertise and infrastructure."

Thuraya's wide range of services includes voice, data, facsimile and GSM short messaging service throughout its coverage region.

Telenor also now offers ThurayaDSL, providing "always on" high-speed GPRS packet data services using a notebook-sized satellite IP modem for communications up to 144 kbps.

ThurayaDSL provides corporate customers, government agencies, news gathering organizations and non-government organizations (NGOs) cost-effective communications via satellite for remote Internet connections.

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