As consumers' expectations of being able to communicate anywhere, anytime, grow, various applications are being developed that require installation of satellite earth stations on modes of transport such as ships, trains and aircraft. Typically, these would be to provide access to broadcast and mobile communication services.
ETSI produces standards for such applications.
To date, ETSI's work on standards for satellite earth stations on board vessels and trains has been limited to Harmonised Standards that may be used to demonstrate compliance of equipment with European Commission's Radio Equipment Directive (RED):
ETSI has also produced European Standard EN 301 473 for Aircraft Earth Station equipment for operation in the Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Service (AMSS)/Mobile Satellite Service (MSS), and/or in the Aeronautical Mobile Satellite on Route Service (AMS(R)S)/Mobile Satellite Service (MSS).