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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GSAT -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: David Wiggins who wrote (11406)	4/1/2000 1:21:00 AM
From: WR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Bell Atlanic/Vodafone David, Great idea and you might be right. MEXICO CITY, February 14, 2000 - Globalstar de Mexico and leading Mexican cellular provider Nuevo Grupo Iusacell, S.A. de C.V. (NYSE: CEL; BMV:CEL), today announced an alliance whereby Iusacell will market Globalstar mobile satellite telephone products and services in Mexico . Under the terms of this agreement, Iusacell will offer existing and potential customers a combined service that uses land-based digital CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) technology within Iusacell's cellular coverage area and Globalstar satellite telephony where cellular coverage is unavailable. Iusacell's existing customers who acquire Globalstar service will be able to keep their current cellular phone numbers, contracts, and tariffs, but will also be able to place and receive calls from virtually anywhere through satellite coverage. Iusacell will also provide Globalstar with certain administrative services. Iusacell, S.A. de C.V., is the leading independent wireless carrier in Mexico providing cellular, national paging, wireless local access, long distance, satellite, and data services. The company's mobile licenses cover over 81% of Mexico's 98-million population. Iusacell has increased its customer base to 843,000 by the end of first quarter 1999. In 1997 Bell Atlantic assumed management control of the business. Bell Atlantic Ownership(47% interest). MILAN, Italy - December 3, 1998-- Globalstar (NASDAQ:GSTRF) today announced that founding partner Elsacom, an Elsag Bailey/Finmeccanica company, has signed an agreement with Omnitel for the distribution of Globalstar services in Italy, one of the largest mobile telephone markets in Europe. Omnitel will offer the Globalstar satellite extension of GSM coverage to Italian cellular customers. Omnitel will offer Globalstar-GSM services in Italy in the third quarter of 1999, providing cross-standard and worldwide coverage to Omnitel Globalstar subscribers. These subscribers will be able to keep their own SIM card and phone number, and will have the same range of GSM features and services that are available via todays GSM handsets -such as voice-mail, multi-party calling, call forwarding, and other features. Omnitel Pronto Italia, Europe's second largest wireless carrier, has signed up over 6.2 million customers in its third year of operation. During the first quarter of 1999 the company added 829,000 new customers and achieved a 44% share of the Italian wireless market. Bell Atlantic Ownership(23.1% interest). bellatlantic.com bellatlantic.com Vodafone AirTouch Plc. is the world's largest wireless communications firm, based in the United Kingdom. It has mobile operations in 24 countries on five continents, with more than 28 million proportionate cellular customers. Parent company Vodafone AirTouch is the service provider for Globalstar in a total of 15 countries across North America, Europe, Australia, Mexico and South Africa. Vodafone AirTouch has an approximate eight- percent share in the Globalstar Limited Partnership. globalstar.com