GlobeCast, a satellite service subsidiary of France Telecom [NYSE: FTE], has created its Government Services Group to provide satellite, terrestrial network and integrated value-added services in the United States to the federal, state and local and governments and to related non-governmental organizations.

GlobeCast’s new U.S. unit will tailor the company’s global satellite and terrestrial network capabilities to accommodate government communications, including closed video networks, data communications, disaster recovery, mobile communication services, homeland security, IP connectivity and other secured network services. Heading the group is David Codacovi, based at its technical operations center in Washington, D.C.