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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (8513)	12/1/1999 5:36:00 PM
From: Rocket Scientist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29986

More news from Brazil, courtesy Jornal do Brasil, and Altavista. Interesting to note that G* service launch is presented as joint effort by Telefonica Celular and Globalstar. I couldn't find TC's web site, but found a blurb from Motorola indicating it'd sold TC 188M$ worth of CDMA phones earlier this year (pasted at bottom), so it seems to be a real company. Telef“nica and Globalstar launch satelital mobile telephone Porto Alegre (AJB) - Telephonic Cellular and the Globalstar of Brazil had launchn officially today, in Porto Alegre, the satelital mobile telephone in the Rio Grande Do Sul. The satelital system was drawn to be to complement to the cellular system and has capacity to establish connection with remote regions, previously isolated of jobs of telecommunications. according to managing of marketing and sales of the Globalstar, Helder de Azevedo, the expectation is of that until the end of year 2000, the number of terminals operating in the telephony system saw satellite in the Rio Grande Do Sul exceeds five the a thousand. In Brazil, the company works with the perspective to commercialize 50 a thousand units until the end of the next year. So easy to use how much a device of cellular telephone, the satelital all guarantees covering in the Brazilian territory from July of the next year, when the bases of Petrolina-PE and the Amaz“nia will be functioning. Currently, the Region Center-South of Brazil is covered by the system from the terrestrial base of President Prudente-SP. The satelital device Globalstar goes to cost R$ 3.588,00 and the plugging, when the telephone will be connected to the satellite, will cost 4.24 R$ the minute. The satelital system allows, still, the use of the same device in the entire world, with only one number. The pluggings always are connected up to three satellites, what it reduces the risk of interruptions of conexÆo.Pelo contract between the two companies, the Telephonic one start to commercialize the telephones and the Globalstar jobs in its areas of concession in the state. RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, April 6, 1999 - Motorola announced it has signed a $188 million contract (U.S.) with Brazil's Telef“nica Celular to provide digital wireless telephones. Telef“nica Celular will offer its customers the choice of two Motorola phone models - the CDMA StarTAC? ST7760 and the MultiTAC? SC3160 CDMA dual mode 800 MHz phones. Telef“nica Celular is the service provider responsible for providing cellular A band services in four Brazilian States that utilize the CDMA technology. Motorola is expected to deliver the phones to Telef“nica Celular by December, 1999 for its supply to Rio de Janeiro, Esp¡rito Santo, Bahia and Sergipe. If anyone can read Portuguese, the real thing from JB jb.com.br Telef“nica e Globalstar lan‡am telefone m¢vel satelital PORTO ALEGRE (AJB) - A Telef“nica Celular e a Globalstar do Brasil lan‡aram oficialmente hoje, em Porto Alegre, o telefone m¢vel satelital no Rio Grande do Sul. O sistema satelital foi desenhado para ser complementar ao sistema celular e tem capacidade de estabelecer conexÆo com regiäes remotas, anteriormente isoladas de servi‡os de telecomunica‡äes. Segundo o diretor de marketing e vendas da Globalstar, Helder de Azevedo, a expectativa ‚ de que at‚ o final do ano 2000, o n£mero de terminais operando no sistema de telefonia via sat‚lite no Rio Grande do Sul ultrapasse os cinco mil. No Brasil, a empresa trabalha com a perspectiva de comercializar 50 mil unidades at‚ o final do pr¢ximo ano. TÆo f cil de usar quanto um aparelho de telefone celular, o satelital garante cobertura em todo o territ¢rio brasileiro a partir de julho do pr¢ximo ano, quando as bases de Petrolina-PE e da Amaz“nia estiverem funcionando. Atualmente, a RegiÆo Centro-Sul do Brasil est coberta pelo sistema a partir da base terrestre de Presidente Prudente-SP. O aparelho satelital Globalstar vai custar R$ 3.588,00 e a liga‡Æo, quando o telefone estiver conectado ao sat‚lite, custar R$ 4,24 o minuto. O sistema satelital permite, ainda, o uso do mesmo aparelho no mundo inteiro, com apenas um n£mero. As liga‡äes estÆo sempre conectadas a at‚ trˆs sat‚lites, o que reduz o risco de interrup‡äes de conexÆo.Pelo contrato entre as duas empresas, a Telef“nica passa a comercializar os telefones e os servi‡os Globalstar em suas reas de concessÆo no estado.