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Globalstar Satellite
Data Coverage Expands To All Of Alaska Plus
Surrounding Pacific And Arctic Maritime Regions
June 12 2008 -
Globalstar, Inc. has expanded its satellite
Simplex data coverage to include all of Alaska,
the Aleutian Islands and the surrounding
maritime regions including the Gulf of Alaska
and portions of both the north Pacific and south
Arctic Oceans. Customers in these regions will
now have access to the wide variety of
affordable satellite asset and personal
tracking, messaging, tracing and data monitoring
solutions including the SPOT Satellite
Messenger™, all of which utilize the highly
reliable Globalstar Simplex data network.
The expanded Simplex data
coverage, which is available on six continents,
is the result of an appliqué hardware
installation and software upgrades at the
Globalstar satellite gateway or ground station
located in Wasilla, Alaska. With this expansion
Globalstar will be able to offer its customers
seamless Simplex data coverage from the southern
Arctic Ocean, west to the Bering Sea and south
though North America and Latin America to
northeastern Argentina and Peru.
“When one combines the high
reliability of the Globalstar Simplex data
network with demand from commercial fishing,
remote resource and recreational users who work
and play in areas not serviced by traditional
terrestrial and wireless communications, we feel
this region is an ideal location for Globalstar
to expand its Simplex data coverage,” said Jay
Monroe, Chairman and CEO of Globalstar, Inc. Mr.
Monroe added, “This announcement, combined with
our recent news concerning expanded Simplex data
coverage in Southeast Asia and Latin America,
once again demonstrates our continued commitment
to expand the market for our affordable and high
quality satellite Simplex data services. We
expect to continue to grow our Simplex market
opportunity through 2008 and beyond as we
advance towards the launch of our
second-generation satellites scheduled to begin
in the second half of next year.”
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