IMSO
A4. Other IMO and ILO conventions and codesDefinition
International Mobile Satellite Organization, oversees GMDSS satellite service providers.
The International Mobile Satellite Organization is the intergovernmental body that oversees the public-service obligations of satellite providers in the GMDSS, ensuring continuous distress-alerting coverage. Created when the former Inmarsat was privatized in 1999, it now oversees recognized mobile satellite service providers and works with the IMO on GMDSS modernization.
Source: IMSO Convention