A couple of news releases where they almost seem to be bragging about Globalstar. WR
GLOBALSTAR: Globalstar satellite telephony services supported by TIBCO Software; TIBCO links and monitors Globalstar's satellite network for wireless telephone service around the globe
MAR 1, 2000, M2 Communications - Globalstar(tm) (Nasdaq:GSTRF), a wholesale provider of mobile satellite-based telephony services, relies on TIBCO Software Inc.'s (Nasdaq: TIBX) TIB*/ActiveEnterprise software suite to help operate and manage its satellite network. Globalstar service is now being delivered through its low-earth-orbiting (LEO) constellation, providing access to phone service and other data communications services in virtually every populated area of the world.
Globalstar's satellite service is managed from its two Satellite Operations Control Centers (SOCCs) - located in San Jose, California and El Dorado Hills, California, near Sacramento. From these centers, Globalstar's satellite network is monitored, ensuring the proper deployment of satellites and the functionality of mission-critical system operations. TIBCO's TIB/RendezvousTM messaging product helps support the infrastructure for this system, supplying the flexibility and reliability necessary to support Globalstar's growing load of telemetry data from space, and increased communication on the ground from a frame-relay network. TIBCO's TIB/HawkTM software application monitoring product helps Globalstar's operations team monitor satellites in real-time, helping ensure that the network is operating smoothly and that any problems detected can be corrected as quickly as possible.
"TIBCO's real-time infrastructure software enabled us to get the Globalstar satellite control network up and running on schedule," said Megan Fitzgerald, Senior VP of Space Operations. "Without TIBCO, our system would not have been able to scale to accommodate our full network of satellites, nor could we sufficiently monitor the constellation."
"For more than a decade, TIBCO's technology has been an essential part of some of the most innovative IT environments around the globe," said Vivek Ranadive, president and CEO of TIBCO. "Now TIBCO's technology is reaching beyond the boundaries of the Earth to help Globalstar provide their customers with the highest standard of telephony service available."
About TIB/Rendezvous and TIB/Hawk
TIB/Rendezvous is a real-time e-business infrastructure platform for scalable, high availability services across heterogeneous applications and platforms. Disparate enterprise and e-business applications tied together by TIB/Rendezvous exchange data transparently - over local networks, throughout the enterprise, and across the Internet. Because it simplifies the details of network programming, TIB/Rendezvous helps speed development, saving valuable time and money, and focuses development efforts on application content, instead of sockets and packets.
TIB/Hawk is a sophisticated tool for monitoring and managing
distributed-software applications and systems enterprise-wide. System administrators can use it to monitor all nodes in a wide area network, even one that spans the globe. TIB/Hawk can be configured to monitor system and application parameters and to take actions when pre-defined conditions occur.
These actions include: sending alarms that are graphically displayed in the TIB/Hawk Display, sending email, paging, running executables, or modifying the behavior of a managed application.
About Globalstar
The Globalstar system is designed to provide affordable satellite-based digital voice services to a broad range of subscribers and users. Globalstar meets the needs of cellular users and global travelers who roam outside of cellular coverage areas, as well as residents of under-served markets who can 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.
About TIBCO Software
TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq: TIBX) is a leading provider of real-time infrastructure software for e-business. TIBCO's products and services enable computer applications and platforms to communicate efficiently across networks. The TIB/ActiveEnterprise product suite facilitates the distribution of information and integration of business processes by connecting applications to a network through patented technology called The Information Bus or TIB. TIB technology was first used to "digitise" Wall Street and has been adopted in diverse industries, including manufacturing, energy, telecommunications, and electronic commerce. TIBCO Software's global client base includes Cisco, Yahoo!, NEC, 3Com, Sun Microsystems, SAP, Philips, AT&T and AOL/Netscape. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, TIBCO Software can be reached at (650) 846-1000 or on the web at www.tibco.com.
TIBCO, TIB/ActiveEnterprise, TIB/Rendezvous, TIB/Hawk, The Information Bus and TIB are trademarks or registered trademarks of TIBCO Software Inc.
Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This release may contain forward-looking statements regarding TIBCO's business, customers or other factors that may affect future earnings or financial results. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements can be found in TIBCO Software's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including but not limited to its registration statement on Form S-1 which was declared effective by the SEC on July 13, 1999, and the most recent reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements including limited independent operating history, history of losses, unpredictability of future revenue, dependence on a limited number of customers, relationship with Reuters Group PLC, rapid technological and market changes, risks associated with infrastructure software, and volatility of stock price. Copies of filings made with the SEC are available through the SEC's electronic data gather analysis and retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov. TIBCO assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this document.
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This next post came up 8 times March 3 and three times March 4
CANADIAN SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS INC - Subsidiary Star Choice Move to Anik F1 This Fall
Toronto, Ontario, Mar. 04, 2000 (Market News Publishing via COMTEX) -- Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. ("Cancom") is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Star Choice Communications Inc. ("Star Choice"), will begin delivering its direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast services from Telesat Canada's powerful new Anik F1 satellite this fall. Telesat, the world's most experienced commercial satellite operator, and Hughes Space and Communications Company, the world-renowned satellite manufacturer, this day confirmed that the launch of Anik F1 will take place in late summer, with service available 45 to 60 days later, following in-orbit testing.
"We are very excited by this news because it means that we will be right on track with the deployment of Star Choice's DTH marketing strategy," said Richard Stursberg, President and CEO of Cancom. "Anik F1 will provide Star Choice with an even stronger national signal and will allow the company to offer customers additional programming through a seamless migration process," he added.
Cancom will have access to 29 of the 32 North American Ku-band transponders on Anik F1, the largest, most powerful and most versatile of its class ever to serve Canada.
Cancom (TSE: SAT) is Canada's leading expert in evaluating, selecting,integrating and implementing satellite-based solutions for business. Star Choice Communications Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, is a Canadian direct-to-home(DTH) broadcast service provider that was ranked as Canada's fastest growing technology company by Canadian Business magazine for two consecutive years. Cancom is also the majority shareholder in Globalstar Canada, which is part of a world wide group of service providers offering affordable wireless voice and fax services via a low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite system. Cancom has approximately 25 million shares outstanding that trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol SAT.
Telesat (www.telesat.ca) is the world's most experienced commercial satellite operator. The company made history in 1972 with the launch of the first commercial communications satellite in geostationary orbit. Based in Ottawa, Telesat now provides telecommunications and broadcast distribution services in the Americas and is a leading consultant, operator and partner in satellite ventures around the globe.
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