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To: leo_bloom who wrote (10010)	2/9/2000 6:19:00 PM
From: David Wiggins	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

Globalstar Officially Opens Twelfth Gateway Finland's Minister of Transportation and Communication Places First Official Satellite Phone Call NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2000-- Globalstar Northern Europe today officially opened a new gateway in Karkkila, Finland, now extending the range of Globalstar's mobile satellite telephone service across Scandinavia and the Baltic nations. As part of the opening ceremonies, the first official phone call handled by the new gateway was made by Mr. Olli-Pekka Heinonen, Finland's Minister of Transportation and Communication. The Karkkila installation becomes the twelfth gateway to initiate operations in the continuing roll-out of Globalstar service around the world. It joins existing gateways in France and Italy to provide coverage across virtually all of Europe. The new gateway will continue to be used to support friendly user trials over the next several weeks. Full commercial service from this gateway will be introduced, initially in Finland, in early April. Mr. Heinonen's inaugural call was made to Mr. Petri Leskinen and Mr. Kristian Heinila, two champion Finnish sailors who, at the time of the call, were in training off the coast of France. In speaking to the two sailors, who will be representing Finland at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Mr. Heinonen commented on the excellent voice quality of the system. Globalstar Northern Europe, which is the provider of Globalstar service in seven northern European nations, is a joint venture between Radiolinja Group of Finland and Elsacom of Italy. Radiolinja Group includes some of the leading mobile telephone services in northern Europe. Oy Radiolinja Ab, the group's Finland division, is the leading cellular service provider in Finland and was the first company in the world to offer commercial GSM cellular service. Elsacom, based in Rome, is a Finmeccanica company specializing in the provision of fixed and mobile satellite telecommunication services and will provide Globalstar service in 27 countries. The Globalstar system is designed to provide affordable satellite-based digital voice services to a broad range of subscribers and users. Globalstar will meet the needs of cellular users and global travelers who roam outside of cellular coverage areas, as well as residents of under-served markets who will use Globalstar's fixed-site phones to satisfy their needs for basic telephony. Globalstar, led by founding partner Loral Space & Communications, is a partnership of the world's leading telecommunications service providers and equipment manufacturers, including co-founder Qualcomm Incorporated, Alenia, China Telecom (HK), DACOM, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, Elsacom (a Finmeccanica Company), Hyundai, Qualcomm Incorporated, TE.SA.M (a France Telecom/Alcatel company), Space Systems/Loral, and Vodafone AirTouch. For more information, visit Globalstar's web site at www.globalstar.com. Loral Space & Communications (NYSE:LOR - news) is the managing partner and is the largest equity owner of Globalstar. Loral is a high technology company that concentrates primarily on satellite manufacturing and satellite-based services, including broadcast transponder leasing and value-added services, domestic and international corporate data networks, global wireless telephony, broadband data transmission and content services, Internet services, and international direct-to-home satellite services. For more information, visit Loral's web site at www.loral.com. Leo, I posted it because Yahoo archives the articles after a month and they are inaccessible. Thanks, Dave

To: leo_bloom who wrote (10010)	2/9/2000 6:37:00 PM
From: Rocket Scientist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

Good pick-up leo, thanks. So, this is the "twelfth gateway to initiate operations" Interesting that while all the pre-commercial gateways and service providers have been rather low-key, some are downright secretive. I can only find formal announcements about eight other GWs: four in Can/US/Mexico, plus Italy, France, Brazil and S.Korea, and the only mention of S. Korea was in the January prospectus. Leaving us to wonder: 1. Where are the other three? Presumably Argentina, China and S. Africa, but it's hard to know for sure 2. Why the veil of secrecy? FWIW, my present take on the Gateway deployment status/plan: Location, Operator, date live 1. Avezanno (Italy), Elsacom, 11/99 2. Presidente Prudente, (Brazil) Globalstar do Brazil 11/99 3. Aussaguel, (France) TESAM, 12/99 4. Clifton, (between Dallas and Austin Texas, USA) AirTouch, 12/99 5. Smith Falls, (Ontario,Canada) Cancom/AirTouch/Loral, 12/99 6. Yeoju (S. Korea), DACOM, billable service underway "now" as of 10Jan SEC filing 7. San Martin Texmelucan Puebla, (Mexico) JV of AirTouch/Loral/TelAutrey, 15Jan 8. High River (near Calgary, Alberta, Canada), Cancom/AirTouch/Loral , 19Jan 9. Karkila, (Finland) Globalstar Northern Europe, 9Feb 10. Bosque Allegre (central Argentina, near Corduba), TESAM, 15 Jan full commercial launch per 12/99 cc's; no evidence that's happened yet. 11. Beijing, (China) China Telecom, Service Launch 1Feb per 12/99 cc's; no evidence that's happened yet. 12. Delareyville (S. Africa), Vodafone , GW ready, waiting on license 13. Moscow, (Russia), Globaltel (JV of Globalstar and Ros Telcom), 15 Feb 14. Dubbo (New South Wales, Australia), Vodafone, 3/00 per G* Magazine 15. Managua, (Nicaragua) Globalstar Americas (said to be among first 15 on 12/17; no date for start of service given) 16. Camatagua, (Venezuela) TE.SA.M, start service 3/00 17. Novisibersk, (Russia) Globaltel) (JV of Globalstar and Ros Telcom), 15March 18. Meekatharra (Western Australia), Vodafone, 3/00 per G* Magazine 19. Mt Isa (Queensland, Australia), Vodafone, 3/00 per G* Magazine 20. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, TATCOM, Apr 2000, per Peter Bacon, 11/99 21. Lurin (Peru), TESAM, supposed to be among first 16 in various company briefs, but not listed among 64 countries for service by April 22. Khabarovsk, Russia, Globaltel (JV of Globalstar and Ros Telcom), 15 May 23. Chicunta (Columbia), TESAM, 3/2000 per local newspaper 24. Petrolina, (Brazil) Globalstar do Brazil, 2nd Qtr 25. Lanzhou (China) China Telecom, 2nd Qtr 2000 26. Ogulbey (near Ankara, Turkey), TESAM, service start 7/00, per 2/7 cc 27. Manaus, (Brazil) Globalstar do Brazil, 3rd Qtr 2000 28. Guangzhou, China Telecom, 3rd Qtr 2000 29. Taiwan, Chunghwa Telecom 3rdQtr2000, per CEUT 30. Viet Nam, TESAM, y/e 2000, per 2/99 interview 31. East Africa (Kenya and seven others), MTA 32. Malyasia, Vod/AirTouch/SimeDarby, unkn 33. Indonesia, Airtouch/PTIS, unkn 34. West Africa, Globaltouch Holdings, unkn 35. Middle East (Gulf states), AlMurjan, unknown [could use Riyadh GW?] 36. Thailand, Loxley Group, unknown (covered by VietNam GW?) 37. India 1 service provider TBA, y/e 2000 per 10/99 interview 38. India 2 service provider TBA 39. India 3 service provider TBA 40. Shanghai (China) China Telecom 41. Iceland/North Atlantic, Martel