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

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To: Quincy who wrote (131)6/10/1997 10:34:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn   of 381
 
Quincy, Iridium [Iridf] is off and running, up $2 to $22 on the first day. However, not all was confidence:

Iridium IPO = 12 million shares at 20. "However, the deal is still too speculative given the fact the company will need about $1.7 billion in additional financing to launch its network" said Ryan Jacob of the IPO Value Monitor.

"The question with Iridium is it's an infrastructure play," Shah said. "These things generally need more capital than is planned."

Meanwhile Inmarsat:

INMARSAT RESTRUCTURING/ MAYBE A CRUNCH, BUT NO CATASTROPHE

BRIGHTON, England--The consensus of discussions last week within Inmarsat is that practically all of Inmarsat's Signatories--now numbering 80--agree that a fundamental restructuring of the international mobile satellite organization is necessary ... [SATELLITE NEWS, PAY PER VIEW, 517 words, $3.00]

Imagine having 80 government departments as your shareholders!

Maurice
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