Astrium Services and its customer, the European Defence Agency (EDA), have given themselves about 12 months to persuade European Union governments to pool their demand for commercial satellite telecommunications in return for the promise of substantial savings. EDA officials have said the effort, called the European Satcom Procurement Cell, ultimately could save participating governments as much as 30 percent to 50 percent on what they are spending today purchasing satellite communications capacity on the spot market.
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