Harbinger Capital said in July 2008 it was considering a bid for Inmarsat. Harbinger owns a 28 per cent stake in the company, which is close to the bid threshold. It also owns Inmarsat’s US peer SkyTerra and holds a stake in another, TerreStar. Following Harbinger’s announcement last week that it is planning to build a costly next-generation wireless network across the US, the likelihood of a bid for Inmarsat has receded. Now, it will face greater competition from Globalstar and Iridium, which are launching satellite constellations for mobile satphones.
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