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To: Rocket Scientist who wrote (11436)	4/1/2000 1:02:00 AM
From: David Wiggins	Respond to of 29987

Official press release: Globalstar Launches Mobile Satellite Service in Australia 100% mobile satellite coverage to be available across the entire country NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2000-- Globalstar (NASDAQ: GSTRF - news) today announced that earlier this week Vodafone Globalstar, its service provider and partner in Australia, has launched commercial service in that country, increasing the total number of countries now serviced by the Globalstar network to thirty-one. ``Vodafone Globalstar has kicked off service on schedule and already has an extensive network of over 150 dealers in place, ready to take Globalstar orders today,' said Tony Navarra, president of Globalstar. ``Globalstar customers in Australia will now be able to make and receive mobile satellite calls, and send messages anywhere in the country, no matter where they work, play or live.' Service in Australia begins today through Vodafone Globalstar's gateway in Dubbo, covering most of the eastern portion of the country. In the next few weeks, two additional gateways will be brought into service, providing full coverage across the entire nation, including Tasmania and offshore areas. In addition to the more than 150 dealers now offering Globalstar service in Australia, a further 300 outlets have been authorized to sell the service when it is introduced nationwide.... Regards, Dave

To: Rocket Scientist who wrote (11436)	4/28/2000 7:42:00 PM
From: Rocket Scientist	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 29987

Service Rollout Status Time for the sixth monthly Service Rollout Report Because it's not clear what Globalstar means, exactly, by "soft" rollout, friendly user tests, limited commercial service, full commercial service, etc, I've been tracking the rollout of service according to the following definition: "in service" means that an unaffiliated person may purchase and/or legally use the phone in at least parts of the country listed and get service from the GW listed. This means essentially that at least part of the country has to be within range of a known-to-be-operating GW and the country must have licensed the service. By "country" I use same format as the 77 listed on the GLP home site as starting service by June 2000. And include places like Gibraltar, San Marino and Vatican City. By the above standards I estimate GWs and countries in service as shown below M/E, GWs, Countries 11/30, 2, 10 12/31, 5, 29 1/31, 8, 33 2/29, 12, 47 3/31, 15, 53 4/30, 16, 63 Gateways added since last report: Location, Reference Russia (Moscow), G* PR Countries added since last report: Country, Reference Russia, G* PR Sweden, 4/5 PR Denmark, 4/5 PR Luxembourg, GNE List Belize, GNE List Costa Rica, GNE List Czech Republic, GNE List Honduras, GNE List Ireland, GNE List Ukraine, GNE List I've found web-published tariffs for 16 countries (up from seven last month): Italy, Austria, Brazil, Canada, US, Mexico, Australia, France (new), Germany (new) and the seven countries of Central America . URLs for others will be greatly appreciated along with any other updates and comments on the above list. Although the quality and quantity of information regarding coverage from G* and its affiliates is definitely improving, there remain annoying ambiguities and inconsistencies between, for example: globalstar.com globalstarusa.com elsacom.com globalstar.fi globalstar.fi The above URLs are from G* itself and major GW operators. The situation gets worse when you look at G* local retailers, for example: com-sat.com The G* distributor network continues to expand at a gratifying rate (there are over 700 discrete points of sale in N. America now, of which at least 25 host web based information devoted to G*); but the failure to disseminate accurate and timely information on coverage, roaming, feature sets and the like is sure to frustrate consumers as it already has the investment community.