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To: FJB who wrote (14188)	7/5/2000 4:09:28 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 29987

Smoke and mirrors = Sweden announces a dreaded "Soft, customer-friendly, let's get this right" launch: <...Together with Ericsson, who is a manufacturer of Globalstar Satellite telephones, Telia Mobile starts pre-operational trials during the "Gotland Runt" Baltic boat race, July 2-8. Commercial launch of Globalstar is scheduled to take place early September 2000. For further information, journalists are invited to contact: Björn Johansson, Mobile Satellite Services, Telia Mobile, +46 31 89 77 01, Birgitta Grafström, Informationdepartment, +46 8 601 81 67 > mobilesat.telia.com Given the standard Globalstar delay between "plan" and action, I guess Sweden should be available for normal humans to buy the service in about May 2001. So no, Sweden is NOT already in service. Ukraine looks better: <Starting from June 22, 2000 for the first time in Ukraine "Kyivstar GSM" began providing its subscribers with satellite communication service of "Globalstar" system in the mode of "friendly testing". Commercial launch of the service is expected from the beginning of July. > So Ukraine service should be available to actual people about October or maybe January. Keep in mind that that will not include roaming. Roaming takes decades to organize. Look at the stupidity on the Baltic boat, with George Gilder and different Globalstar users maybe or maybe not getting a connection depending on some obscure nonsense. Maurice

To: FJB who wrote (14188)	7/5/2000 4:23:01 PM
From: Rocket Scientist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Sweden and Ukraine are working, but pre-commercially, it seems. From the GNorthern Europe PR: "Together with Ericsson, who is a manufacturer of Globalstar Satellite telephones, Telia Mobile starts pre-operational trials during the “Gotland Runt” Baltic boat race, July 2-8. Commercial launch of Globalstar is scheduled to take place early September 2000. " From the Kievstar home page: "Commercial launch of the service is expected from the beginning of July. " I'd agree that Russia alone is about as important as all the other 18 countries put together. Still, there's a certain psychological boost from filling in each gap in the coverage map. Why G and its partners don't make a bigger PR push when each country opens up is an enduring mystery. Of course, maybe it's embarrasing to them that the actual rollout is so far behind recent "plans." Of the 26 countries forecast in the May 16 Investors Brief as coming on line in May and June, only seven actually did, according to the just published list. Of the seven, four are tiny markets for G* (UK, Bermuda, Gibraltar, Andorra) and two (Peru and Honduras) show no local evidence of activity; leaving China as the one bright spot since mid May. I sure hope that a lot of the countries scheduled on line "by" 9/30 are actually up well before that....else it's going to be a long summer.