[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) changed its name to SkyTerra, MSV announced Dec. 8.  MSV’s Canadian joint venture partner, Mobile Satellite Ventures (Canada) Inc., also is changing its name to SkyTerra (Canada) Inc.. 
    SkyTerra, the name of MSV’s parent company, SkyTerra Communications Inc., has become the name for all MSV-named entities operating in the United States and Canada.
    "Over the course of the past several years we have worked diligently to simplify MSV’s ownership structure, resulting in SkyTerra Communications now owning 99.3 percent of the company,” Alexander Good, chairman, CEO and president of SkyTerra, said in a statement. "We are very pleased with this accomplishment and with our singular company name that reflects this simplification.”