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

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To: Larry L who wrote (152)	6/17/1997 2:33:00 PM
From: Larry L	of 381

The playing field is getting more crowded all of the time. There is an interesting article in WSJ about Motorola's third satellite system. In contrast to previous claims that their second system "M-Star" is replacing Iridium it will in fact offer no voice transmission at all. Neither will the newest system dubbed "Celestri". It appears as if Motorola is trying to position itself as the premier satellite builder on the planet. To accomplish this they have developed a production line system for satellite construction that is amazing the industry with the speed and low cost at which they are putting them out. Here are the players according to WSJ: PROJECT FUNCTION SATELLITES COST LEAD BACKER Teledesic High speed 288 $9.0B Craig McCaw data, Bill Gates teleconferencing Iridium Voice, fax, paging 66 $5.0B Motorola Skybridge Data 64 $3.9B Alcatel/Loral Celestri Data, broadcast 63 $12.9B Motorola and video Globalstar voice 48 $2.5B Loral ICO Global Voice 12 $4.6B Hughes/Comsat Communications For some reason they ommitted M-Star and Cyberstar. Any info. out there on these systems.

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