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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GSAT
GSAT 62.88-0.5%Nov 14 9:30 AM EST
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To: Rocket Scientist who wrote (24444)11/15/2001 7:07:45 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (2) of 29987
 
Wingcast will enable car mode, but yes, inside buildings, which is where most people are, there will be shadows and no link. Perhaps an ATC system could become as ubiquitous as other terrestrial mobile services.

If there is a shortage of spectrum, an ATC is not a bad idea. Where there isn't a shortage of spectrum, I suppose a better idea is to have multiband, multimode Globalstar handsets and use whatever terrestrial service is available [as the trimode Globalstar phones were intended to do].

I suspect mostly people will have a single mode Globalstar phone for out of terrestrial coverage and a cute little cdma2000 phone for urban areas. As phone costs come down, having multiple phones is no big deal. For example, Tarken has a GSM phone, a CDMA phone and a portable phone [for in the house]. When Globalstar is economic, he'll have one of those too. That'll be 4 wireless phones per person. Then throw in a Tablet. That's 5. Plus a Wingcast link or two. Perhaps the GSM and home phone could go to reduce the number, but the CDMA service will have to improve first.

So yes, coverage wouldn't be ubiquitous even with an ATC for Globalstar.

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