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To: Valueman who wrote (5411)6/28/1999 1:24:00 PM
From: Rocket Scientist  Respond to of 29987
 
Appreciate your thoughts, VMan...my question about E. Europe, etc, has more to do with regulatory issues than geometry. Do the G* partners have or when will they get licenses to operate in countries not their own?

Can you elaborate on the G* partner situation in Mexico? I thought it was the same partner Loral has in Satmex: Telefonica Autrey?

FWIW, I disagree that "global roamer" market is unimportant...it may not be/probably isn't vital, but it's valuable, and could be especially good opportunity for G* if IRID continues to sink. In the long term, and maybe this doesn't happen with the first generation system, G* should strive to be the one world/one phone solution...that means compatibility with all terrestrial standards in one UT.

Best wishes,

RS



To: Valueman who wrote (5411)6/28/1999 2:46:00 PM
From: Rocket Scientist  Respond to of 29987
 
I checked out the Globalstar Canada website

globalstar.ca

FWIW, it claims among the first six gateways "completed" both the Ontario and Alberta GWs. Other four are said to be Texas, Australia, S. Korea and France. Interesting....



To: Valueman who wrote (5411)6/28/1999 11:14:00 PM
From: mauser96  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 29987
 
Question... why is the global roamer market not valid? Two reasons I can think of is that there aren't many of them, and that they might prefer to have several small cell phones and just carry the one appropriate to the area they are traveling in. I think I would rather own 3 stylish compact phones compared to one big clunker if I was a CEO.