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Technology Stocks : CDMA, Globalstar versus Iridium, Inmarsat, etc.

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To: Mr. Stocks who wrote (106)	6/2/1997 6:23:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	of 381

Mr Stocks, Inmarsat having to muck about with "next meeting" etc is symptomatic of government departments. Even with good people working there, they can't make it function - the good individuals are subsumed by the morass of bureaucracy, need to agree, consult and blah blah blah. Inmarsat should simply buy into Globalstar and support its rapid development if they feel the need to invest taxpayer money on taxpayer behalf. What kind of name is Inmarsat anyway? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but Inmarsat is odoriferous and its name matches its reality. Kibo, satellites last for about 7 years, give or take a couple of years. Globalstar is 7 years target. Iridium [Dysprosium] satellites, with complex switching on board, will probably be obsolete rather than worn out. Globalstar satellites are simple bent-pipe signal repeaters. The obsolescence happens on the ground where the systems are easily replaced. I'm not sure, but I think Iridium was aiming at 5 year life. Maurice May my satellites stay long in the sky!

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