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

To: Oliver Schonrock who wrote (3147)	2/26/1999 8:58:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

From globalstar.com "glossary of acronyms" Downlink The portion of a satellite circuit extending from the satellite to the user terminal. The Globalstar system establishes the service downlink in the S-band region of the frequency spectrum. L-band A band of frequencies in the 0.5 to 2 GHz range that are used primarily for voice communications. S-band The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum allotted for transmission in the 2 to 4 GHz frequency range. Uplink The portion of a satellite circuit extending from the user terminal to the satellite. The Globalstar system establishes the service uplink in the L-Band. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Globalstar up and down links are in the 2GHz range and while these aren't as good as the 820MHz range for building penetration, they are the same as the 2GHz PCS which is being widely used for terrestrial cdmaOne service. Also, the angle a satellite looks down on a handset will mean in building use is dodgy at best [until there are 100s of Globalstar satellites at which time there will always be one peeking in the window]. Outdoors, reception will be even better because people on the ground are screened from terrestrial cellular base stations by silly little valleys, buildings and trees while satellites are above it all. So reception might generally be better with Globalstar than with terrestrial, even in Paris and Auckland [though New York and Hong Kong with huge multistorey buildings would cast a lot of shadows]. Outside cities, terrestrial coverage is rotten, everywhere, for all cellular systems. It is simply uneconomic to cover all the places people go although they still want to use a cellphone there. So people will still want Globalstar service, provided the handsets are small enough, cheap enough and the minutes are cheap enough. As you point out, GSM roaming is expensive. Globalstar might be cheaper. Although roaming costs might be cut, there will still be gaps which you'll want filled. As you say, there is huge potential demand in towns in China and India [and everywhere else]. Globalstar has always said such places would be a big part of the customer base. Don't know about the car kit... Fixed station is like a phone box with photovoltaics [if needed] and a little aerial. But I don't know much about that. Don't know what they cost. I suppose Q! Ericy and Telital are making them in conjunction with mechanical engineering companies. How many by Sept99 - I have no idea. Maurice