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To: jon wilson who wrote (13613)	8/12/1998 4:36:00 PM
From: limtex	Respond to of 152472

"Anyone know why the stock is going to hell?" More people selling it than are buying it?

To: jon wilson who wrote (13613)	8/12/1998 4:39:00 PM
From: Valueman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

I am now able to access SI after 3 days of ISP-related blockage of SI's DNS. Boy do you guys post alot! Here are the highlights of an FCC order denying Comsat the chance to compete against Omnitracs: ORDERÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Adopted:ÿÿ August 10, 1998ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Released:ÿ August 11, 1998 By the Chief, International Bureau:ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ I.ÿ INTRODUCTION ÿÿÿÿ 1.ÿÿ By this Order, we deny, without prejudice, COMSAT's petition to provide Inmarsat-D+ service in the United States.ÿ We will reconsider this decision at such time as COMSAT agrees to waive any privileges and immunities it may have with respect to provision of this service as a result of its status as a signatory to Inmarsat...........Similarly, QUALCOMM states that it owns and operates the OmniTRACS system, a two-way mobile satellite messaging and position tracking system that provides the same service as D+ Service.......While COMSAT admits that the OmniTRACS system possesses all the capabilities of D+ Service, it argues that OmniTRACS is not part of the same market because it provides excess capabilities and costs more than D+ Service.ÿ We disagree that price differences or scope of service are relevant to determining whether the service is available to consumers.ÿ Price differences and better service could be relevant to our determination of whether COMSAT's entry into the U.S. domestic market by an INTELSAT or Inmarsat satellite would promote competition and is otherwise in the public interest.ÿ But we do not reach that second prong of our analysis for COMSAT under the International Satellite Services Order because of COMSAT's failure to waive the relevant privileges and immunities.