And Inmarsat, the London-based international satellite consortium, is struggling to assemble a satellite pocket-phone system of its own.

The international satellite consortium also accused him of setting up bogus consulting firms that funneled off millions more.

Her father, who retired as the manager of research and development at Intelsat, the international satellite consortium in Washington, is now a telecommunications consultant there.

Intelsat, the satellite consortium owned by 119 governments, denounced Tonga's move as an attempt to turn a quick profit by leasing them.

Only Intelsat, the giant Government-owned satellite consortium, would be larger.

Intelsat charged yesterday that its former chief executive received $2.4 million in kickbacks for the construction of a new headquarters for the international satellite consortium.

And he was lunging into a market controlled by Intelsat, a satellite consortium owned by organizations in 119 nations.

LEAD: Employees at the worldwide satellite consortium Intelsat here will have their hands full for the next two weeks.

Inmarsat, a London-based international satellite consortium, has announced plans to set up a system to relay calls from pocket-sized wireless telephones anywhere on earth.

The global satellite consortium is scrambling to meet foreign demand and fend off foreign competitors in Asia and the Pacific.