An announcement from Wireless Matrix indicates it has executed a contract extension with its satellite service provider, Reston, Virginia-based SkyTerra [OTCBB: SKYT] for services through 2012. This agreement provides a seamless migration path that will allow Wireless Matrix to provide their existing satellite data communication services via SkyTerra’s planned next generation satellite network.

Good news, no doubt, to Wireless Matrix’s satellite customers who will continue to receive satellite communication service without interruption. Integrating satellite data services from SkyTerra with cellular data service via its proprietary modems provides a key differentiator for Wireless Matrix’s vehicle management solutions. Using satellite to connect dispatchers with vehicles operating in cellular-poor areas, Wireless Matrix’s solutions increase the effective coverage areas for fleet operations, improve productivity and enhance technician safety.

SkyTerra (formerly Mobile Satellite Ventures) has provided satellite communications service to Wireless Matrix since 1997. The previous agreement between the two companies provided for service through 2009.