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

To: robert packman who wrote (564)	3/27/1998 2:04:00 PM
From: dougjn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

Globalstar has satelitte coverage of all the earth's surface except north (or south) of 70deg. There are very few people who either live in, or travel to, those remote polar regions. E.g. Iceland and the northern reaches of Norway are covered. The Northern 1/3 of Greenland (where virtually no one lives) and the Farallon Islands are not. However that is not quite the same as saying Globalstar has service to all areas below the polar regions. Basically, Globalstar's architecture requires that there be a groundstation somewhere within the same satelite footprint as the the satcom user. This may leave out many (but not all) mid ocean regions. The Carribean, for instance, should have complete and day one coverage from a combination of the Texas and Mexican groundstations. Most of the North Atlantic will probably also get coverage. The middle of the Pacific Ocean, probably not. E.g. Tahitti. Lots of the South Pacific however probably will get picked up by ground stations in places like New Zealand, Indonesia, etc. But perhaps not day one. Doug

To: robert packman who wrote (564)	3/27/1998 4:40:00 PM
From: Leslie G. Pell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

However, once an MSS customer has adopted one of these services the likelihood of their switching is lower than terrestrial cellular service due to the high start up costs associated with both Iridium and G. It is true that G can reach a customer anywhere Iridium can. But, G* has made it well known that they are not trying to attract the global business traveller. But suppose they were. It is not completely accurate to compare Iridium's cost per minute range of $3 - $5, with G's $1 per minute price. Once the G call comes back down to the gateway and begins travelling internationally along the terrestrial network it accumulates enormous tail charges. Add these charges up and the price differential quickly goes away.