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To: TMann who wrote (5584)	7/7/1999 7:27:00 PM
From: Rocket Scientist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

<Unfortunatley Airtouch does not have the national presence that SPrint PCS has and therefore will make G* service less attractive in North America. I'm hoping they'll sign on the baby bells or AT&T. > I absolutely agree w/ you. Airtouch is not supposed to be the retailer of G. It's supposed to wholesale to them. That's what was said at the conf call a few months ago, and that seems to be the message on the Airtouch G website. But I'm getting impatient at the lack of announcements of who will be the retailers, and wonder what AirTouch was thinking about with this 877-satphone fiasco. It would be a disaster if the only US retailers are company's like "Airstar" and O'Gara. Well, if the launch tonight is a failure ATSS and G* will have a few more months to get their act together.

To: TMann who wrote (5584)	7/7/1999 9:33:00 PM
From: Drew Williams	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

<<I'm hoping they'll sign on the baby bells or AT&T. >> AT&T's TDMA cellular system is not compatible with any existing GlobalStar CDMA or GSM phones. Of course, if they were to decide to switch to a CDMA system, that would rather change things. Don't hold your breath. Bell Atlantic, on the other hand, has an extensive 800 MHz CDMA network. A friend who works in one of their retail outlets says he has heard rumors of their selling a new satellite phone soon.