About Globalstar here: globalstar.com
Here is where subscribers have discussed their experiences with their Globalstar phones:
siliconinvestor.com
Globalstar Telecommunications Limited, GSTRF, a holding company, owns about 40% of Globalstar LP. Don't get the two confused. Here is some explanation:
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Handsets are supplied by Qualcomm, creator of mobile CDMA and Telit. L M Ericsson is no longer making phones for Globalstar.
There is already a second constellation being planned [well, it was being planned but is no doubt on hold until the financial mess is sorted out and sales are going well].
Competition in the form of Iridium and ICO, came and went, though ICO is still battling to survive, most likely in a data form. Iridium and ICO are both now back and planning to continue development.
You can read the old Silicon Investor discussion about Globalstar and competitors here:
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Globalstar's home page here:
globalstar.com
GlobalstarUSA here:
globalstarusa.com
See post number 1 for a list of other urls [some of the links are dead now].
There are 10bn minutes per year rotting in space and pricing those minutes to drive rapid and fanatical consumption of them is essential. 10bn minutes is the approximate current system capacity, depending on the spread of demand [when all gateways are built]. |
