Inmarsat concludes its 30th anniversary year having achieved high-profile industry and consumer recognition through a string of prestigious awards.  
In the latest awards announcement, Management Today magazine’s annual Most Admired Company presentation saw Inmarsat rated 4th overall in the UK for quality of goods and services. In their business category they overtook BT to take second place, based on a peer review survey of 236 publicly-listed companies, behind Vodafone.  
This follows the news in November that Inmarsat has been named the best of Britain’s large public companies at the UK National Business Awards 2009.  
The company was judged to have demonstrated exceptional financial returns, strong growth and innovative strategies in the UK’s premier cross-industry awards.  
Inmarsat came top in the category of publicly-listed companies with a turnover of more than £500 million (US$838 million). The 10 finalists in the category included Blue chip companies such as Pearson, Diego Morrisons and BSkyB.  
Also Inmarsat was rated 7th in the FTSE 100 in this year’s rankings, alongside such well-known brands as BA, HSBC and Glaxo. Other accolades this year have included:  
 
Mobile Satellite Services Operator of the year by the Annual Awards for excellence in satellite management.  
Best Satellite Provider by the S.Asia, M.East and N. Africa Telecommunications Council.  
Best reputation for innovation in the UK and one of ten most reputable public companies by the Global Pulse Study 2009 (5,000 interviews in UK).