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Technology Stocks : CDMA, Globalstar versus Iridium, Inmarsat, etc.
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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (151)6/17/1997 2:20:00 PM
From: Larry L   of 381
 
Maurice: I must disagree with your statement that Globalstar can offer everything that Iridium can to the "Executive, Hot-Shot Businessman, Wealthy International Traveller. In a previous response I made note of Iridium's advantage through the airlines and on the open ocean. If my geography serves me correctly, the Earth is two-thirds water and there are thousands of square miles with no islands anywhere in sight. Even if Globalstar wanted to attempt coverage where islands do exist the amount to hit all that would be needed would be astronomical. Iridium is already working on a deal with the airlines to provide cellular service. Globalstar may be able to do it, though I doubt it at thirty thousand feet and moving several hundred mph. Only the Iridium satellites with their switching capabilities could keep up with a fast moving aircraft. Also, Globalstar as "on-ramp to the technological future, while Iridium will be an evolutionary dead-end" I don't think so. Globalstar will undoubtedly have a price advantage but consensus is clearly in Iridium's corner as to the technically superior system. This is the exact reason that Teledesic is planning on satellite to satellite communications as opposed to the bent-pipe system.
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