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

To: Nancy Haft who wrote (15302)	8/2/2000 9:10:11 PM
From: Rocket Scientist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Ericcsson has added some material about the R290 G* phone since my last check: mobile.ericsson.com I don't see anything on the ACeS phone, yet. In addition to the phone itself, they have several G* phone accessories I've not seen before, including a ruggedized carrying pouch, and data connectivity kit.

To: Nancy Haft who wrote (15302)	8/4/2000 2:29:34 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

pirp.harvard.edu I waded all the way through that turgid review of satellite communications for the USA military. [It's 48 pages or so and takes a while to download for people on dial-up Web connections. We cool dudes with ADSL have no trouble with such things.] All it really says is that satellite services like Globalstar can be very useful to the military. One thing that <...differentiates G from the other satellite providers*> [your comment Nancy] is that Globalstar is still in business and can provide high quality CDMA phone service. The USA military will be feeling chastened after blowing $150 million on an Iridium gateway for the military's exclusive use [not to mention a few phones and minutes]. They will probably wait a little while before they plough [or plow in the USA military's case] another bunch of money into a satellite service. I don't know whether QUALCOMM and the gateway contractors can produce a rapidly transportable [small-sized] 5 dish Globalstar gateway which the military could load into a couple of big planes for fast establishment of high quality, secure communications in an operations zone. I suppose so. One of the concerns in that review was the ablity to always be able to gain access to the service. I've been raving for years about enabling individuals to get access anytime by providing a "CURRENT PRICE IS..." rationing system. QUALCOMM is certainly capable of developing software to give priority to certain handsets [or fixed phones]. It's obviously an essential item to attract certain customers [who are very important and for whom money is less important than ensuring Private Ryan can call for help from wherever he is]. Another notable and pleasing fact is that the discussions in that review about Iridium, ICO, Ellipso and others are somewhat irrelevant now that bankruptcy and deferral has put paid to them. Globalstar is the only game in town. That's worth heaps to me! Perversely, the slow Globalstar rollout might be a great blessing in disguise since it has convinced everyone [almost] that mobile satellite phones do not have a market! So investment and new systems are all on hold [other than ICO still ticking over in a revised form]. That shutdown has meant Globalstar has the field to itself. I'm happy to have taken a $500 million opportunity cost if that was necessary to clear the competitors away! Meanwhile, QUALCOMM continues work on various items in that review [in the Condor government projects groups], such as broadcast capability and encryption, which I suppose will be applicable to Globalstar as well as terrestrial systems. It was disappointing to hear from Bernie that Wingcast hasn't been discussed with him. Has anyone else noticed how hard it is to get the name right and not use Wingscan, Wingspan, Windstar, Wingstar and other variations? Wingcast seems a sitter for Globalstar, but I suppose Ford and QUALCOMM won't be mentioning it until Globalstar has got their ducks in a row. For the first year or three, Wingcast will offer Globalstar only as a high-priced option [I suppose], or not even that. wingcastmobility.com wingcast.com Mqurice