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To: djane who wrote (7410)9/16/1999 12:18:00 PM
From: djane  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 29987
 
Venezuela - G* Start-up 1/00 (via G* yahoo thread)

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Venezuela - G* Start-up 1/00
by: laffingallwaytobank (32/M/Maui, HI)

12732 of 12739

Globalstar to start up January 2000
September 16, 1999

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Venezuela - SABI via NewsEdge Corporation : The satellite telephone services company Globalstar,
represented in Venezuela by Tesam, is to start operations by January 2000, after to have invested locally
US$30mil in infrastructure, inclusive a land station at Mamporal, Miranda state. This facility will cover
Venezuela, the Caribbean, Colombia, and Northern Brazil. Land connections with three antennas will give
Tesam capacity to handle up to 300,000 users. Testing will begin in October on an experimental basis and
selectedcustomers. Distribution of lines will be made directly by Gobalstar and also through Telcel and
Movilnet targeting mainly the oil and defense sectors, while US$1mil advertising investments are planned for
next year.

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Posted: 9/16/1999 11:12 am EDT as a reply to: Msg 12731 by dskdrv1