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SATELLITE TODAY :: DAILY NEWS FEED
September 4, 2008
[Satellite Today 09-04-08] The Inmarsat-sponsored agency Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) released reports indicating that telecommunications have been seriously damaged Haiti following Hurricane Gustav.
An team of telecom specialists left TSF's headquarters in France Sept. 4 carrying Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) mobile satellite terminals, phone and fax lines and all the necessary equipment to install emergency communication centers in Haiti.
This is the fourth time TSF has responded to hurricanes on the island of Hispaniola. In November, TSF helped support United Nations teams in Santo Domingo following tropical storm Noel.
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