DUBLIN-BASED Solaris Mobile, which has invested €150 million in launching a satellite to support mobile data services, has confirmed that the satellite payload which it launched from Kazakhstan last month does not comply with its original specifications.

As a result, Solaris Mobile has filed a claim with its insurers for the full insured value of the payload.

Solaris expects that it should still be able to provide some of the services it was planning to offer, but on a limited basis.

However, the company remains confident that it will be able to meet the commitments made to the EU, which involve providing mobile satellite services to the European market using the S-band spectrum.

Solaris Mobile is a joint venture between satellite operators Eutelsat Communications and SES Astra.

It opened its headquarters in Dublin last June with support from IDA Ireland.