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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GSAT
GSAT 60.85-9.6%Jan 7 3:59 PM EST

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To: Maurice Winn who started this subject4/5/2001 10:10:21 AM
From: Geoff Goodfellow  Read Replies (1) of 29987
 
Reuters: Brazilian,Australian,Saudi investors own bulk of Iridium
By Jim Wolf

WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - Investors from Brazil, Australia and Saudi Arabia own the bulk of the holding company that owns born-again Iridium, supplier of secure satellite telephone links to the U.S. military, a regulatory filing obtained on Wednesday showed.

The filing seeks the transfer of mobile-phone handset and other U.S. licenses used by a bankrupt predecessor company to the fleet's new owners, Iridium Satellite LLC.

At issue is the waiver of a cap on indirect foreign ownership topping 25 percent, a benchmark for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) discretion in licensing companies selling such telecommunications services in the United States.

The foreign investors own a combined total of 61 percent of Iridium Holdings LLC, the parent of the new Iridium Satellite. They own a similar percentage of an affiliated company which is seeking the handset license transfer.

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