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companies very quickly see the value in our TailorFit solutions and use them to continually capture savings … savings which flow directly to the bottom line.

How is Skymira investing today to ensure its future?

Skymira continually enhances our

TailorFit solutions to enable our cus- tomers to cost-effectively utilize next generation services. For example,

Skymira has recently released IP

Controls which enable companies to take advantage of Inmarsat’s Fleet

Broadband Background IP service while providing management with the tools necessary to guard against run-away satellite bills. We have an enhancement to IP Controls in devel- opment that will automatically mon- itor the Background IP connectivity and automatically re-establish the connection if it’s lost.

What are the biggest challenges to your profitability in terms of regulation and compliance?

Regulations and compliance general- ly do not adversely impact our busi- ness but rather provide Skymira with opportunities to assist our customers in cost effectively complying with government regulations.

What about in terms of competition?

Skymira’s business model goes well beyond simply providing hardware and airtime as a service provider. We derive the majority of our revenue from our value-added TailorFit

Solutions. As long as we listen to our customers’ business requirements and provide cost effective solutions to meet those requirements, Skymira will continue to be one of the fastest growing private companies in the

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