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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GSAT

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Nov 13 3:59 PM EST

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To: David Wiggins who wrote (7504)	9/22/1999 9:18:00 PM
From: Rocket Scientist	Read Replies (2) of 29987

Very exciting news. AirTouchSatServices has renamed itself GlobalstarUSA and created a corresponding web site: www.globalstarusa.com So I did a little "Friendly User Test" of the site and offer these comments. Hope someone at G* USA is reading! 1. Distributors. Of the listed distributors, only GMPCS has G* info. The O'Gara link takes you to a bunch of INMARSAT/Iridium stuff; the Wireless Store and AirStar sites are under construction and the Airtouch Cellular site has nothing concrete about G* service 2. The long-awaited coverage map has several surprises or errors: Coverage in Peru at service launch but not in Argentina. Partial coverage in Australia at service launch, not nationwide even by y/e 2000. Nationwide coverage also not available by y/e 2000 in Brazil, Russia and China. And no N. Atlantic coverage by y/e 2000. And it's certainly not clear which countries are anticipated to be actually licensed as opposed to happening to be within 1500miles of a GW. 3. Products. There's some info about the QComm fixed and mobile user terminals, but nothing concrete about the "car kit". IMO, few N. American users will buy a mobile handset w/o car kit. The FAQ provides detailed rollout plan, which is a step forward, but the impatient among us will not be pleased by it: Globalstar plans a phased rollout to meet customer requirements beginning in late 4Q. (!) Phase 1 - Friendly user trials; collecting customer feedback on network performance at no cost to the customer Phase 2 - Soft Launch; limited commercial launch to key customers that have requested to be early users of the system Phase 3 - Commercial Launch; aggressively marketing products to targeted customer segments Well, any news is better than no news...

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