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![]() The WebMobile at Globalstar's Headquarters in San Jose, California (photo © PressCom) |
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![]() RATES TO AS LOW AS 17 CENTS PER MINUTE -Newest phase in financial restructuring drops air time charges nearly 80% SAN JOSE, Ca, Aug. 21, 2002 - Satellite telephone service is now available for only pennies more than cellular, following a dramatic price reduction announced earlier today by Globalstar, the world's most popular handheld satellite phone service. Five new pricing plans are now available in the U.S., with high-usage packages priced as low as $0.17 per minute, and the recommended list price for handsets has been reduced to only $599. Today, over 80% of the world's land surface and essentially all ocean regions remain outside the range of cellular telephone networks, yet until now the only reliable alternative for these remote areas - satellite telephony - has been financially prohibitive for many applications. Globalstar's new U.S. pricing plan intends to completely transform the marketplace for satellite telephone services, making mobile, high-quality wireless communications from virtually anywhere far more practical and affordable than ever before for both businesses and individuals. (more....at Globalstar) TWELFTH SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH COMPLETES GLOBALSTAR'S OPERATIONAL 48-SATELLITE CONSTELLATION NEW YORK - November 22, 1999 -- Globalstar successfully launched an additional four low-earth-orbiting (LEO) satellites today on a Soyuz rocket, bringing the total number of Globalstar satellites now in space to 48 and completing the planned constellation. A final launch of four spare satellites will take place in January 2000 on a Delta II rocket. |
![]() Globalstar Inaugural Launch. (Feb. 14, 1998) The total number of Globalstar satellites that have been successfully launched are 32. |
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Globalstar routes a suscriber wireless phone call up through one of the 48-low-Earth orbiting satellite, down through a gateway connected to the Public Switched tlephone Network. (Photo left)
Globalstar Satellite under manufacture |
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The Globalstar 48-satellite low-earth orbit (LEO) constellation will provide wireless communication via voice and data.(photo left)
One of the Globalstar handset phones. Ericsson has signed a technology licence agreement with Qualcomm. |
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