MISSISSAUGA, Ontario-Globalstar Canada extended roaming coverage in Australia and South America and expanded service coverage in parts of the Caribbean, Alaska and the North Atlantic including southern Greenland and Iceland.AustraliaThe extended coverage in Australia was made possible by ground stations at Dubbo, Mount Isa,...
NEW YORK-Satellite telecommunication provider Globalstar introduced commercial service in Saudi Arabia, after the successful completion of all system testing by Saudi Globalstar. Mobile voice communications services will initially be offered, with data capabilities expected to be introduced next year.Saudi Globalstar plans to offer fixed...
The Federal Communications Commission released its service rules for the allocation of spectrum in the 2 GHz band for nine mobile satellite service providers, including Globalstar L.P., Celsat America Inc. and ICO Services Ltd.The rules allocate 3.5 megahertz of bandwidth in both the uplink...
WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-Globalstar USA, the exclusive provider of Globalstar's satellite-based mobile communications services in the United States, added independent retail store Wireless Zone to its list of satellite phone service distributors."With the addition of Globalstar service to our extensive wireless offerings, customers can now...
WASHINGTON-Moving from a wired to a wireless world in the future could save the Federal Emergency Management Agency as much as $10 million, said Tim Ritter, chief of disaster response in the FEMA engineering group.Ritter made his comments at last week's meeting of the...
NEW YORK-Globalstar introduced commercial service in Russia. GlobalTel, the exclusive provider of Globalstar service in Russia, is initially providing basic telephone services, including voice mail and short message service (SMS) and will offer fax and data services in early 2001.Service initially will be provided...
NEW YORK-Struggling satellite communications provider Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. said it billed more than twice the number of minutes in the second quarter than in the first, and reported net revenues for the quarter of $708,000.However, the company reported a net loss of $216.7 million,...
LONDON-Amid the flickering satellite communications business, Craig McCaw's ICO-Teledesic Global Ltd. appears to be shining bright after receiving more than $1 billion in investor financing led by McCaw's Eagle River Investments L.L.C., Clayton Dubilier & Rice Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates' Cascade...
NEW YORK-Globalstar L.P. said it made an agreement that replaces a $250-million Chase credit facility and will leave the company at the end of the year with a surplus of about $90 million in cash plus revenues generated from operations at the end of...
The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit to block the US$129 billion merger between WorldCom and Sprint, the second- and third-largest U.S. long-distance telecom carriers, respectively. The lawsuit, combined with European Union opposition, effectively killed the deal.ICO-Teledesic Global, a holding company controlling Craig McCaw's...
After months of inconsistent and negative reports that it was slipping further into financial trouble, Globalstar L.P. released a statement clarifying its future funding requirements.Globalstar previously stated that, without giving effect to any revenue and assuming that a $250 million bank credit is allowed...
Castle Harlan Inc., a New York City-based merchant bank, pulled away from its fellow contenders last week in the race to save Iridium L.L.C. when Iridium filed a motion in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to gain approval...
WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-Globalstar USA announced international roaming service is available in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile, all of which are served by the Bosque Alegre gateway in Argentina.To date, customers can make satellite phone calls in 39 countries outside North America, and customers can...
A group of satellite technology experts, military officials and debt and operational restructuring professionals have submitted a proposal to acquire the assets of Iridium L.L.C. for $61 million, but according to Iridium, their bid is just another in a series of offers that have...
SignalSoftSteven Adams was appointed vice president of operations for SignalSoft Corp., a developer of wireless location services. Adams will oversee product deployment and installation, product technical support and customer training for all geographic areas, including North America, South America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Prior...
As Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. faces a funding gap, a proposed merger between two emerging satellite operators adds yet another twist in the short history of the mobile satellite industry.Globalstar recently revealed its funds could run dry by the fourth quarter, but the company said...
Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. said its money will run out in five months unless it gets help. In the meantime, ongoing efforts to establish a worldwide network and begin widespread commercial service contributed to the mobile satellite service operator's increased first-quarter losses.United Kingdom-based Inmarsat added...
NEW YORK-SkyBridge L.P. is building a network and a business model designed to sidestep the negatives associated with other land and space alternatives for local loop broadband communications delivery.The Bethesda, Md., company expects to launch commercial service covering temperate latitudes sometime during 2003, at...
NEW YORK-Globalstar reported that its roaming satellite telephone service is commercially available between nearly 30 countries in North America, South America and Europe.The company said roaming agreements in Australia and Russia, as well as other countries in Europe and South America will be added...
Integrating satellite communication technology with the Internet became somewhat of a theme among mobile satellite services carriers last week, following a Datacomm Research Co. report suggesting satellite voice services aren't all they're cracked up to be.Globalstar L.P., traditionally a satellite voice carrier, publicly tested...
NEW YORK-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. expanded into Scandinavia with the initiation of service in Finland, Sweden and Denmark.The company in the future plans to add service in Norway and Lithuania.The Scandinavian service will be provided by Globalstar Northern Europe, a joint venture between Elsacom S.p.A....
It's only been two weeks since Iridium L.L.C. shut off its network in disgrace, and already Globalstar L.P. is feeling the skepticism analysts and the media have heaped upon it as a result.The company's stock, which has fallen 75 percent so far this year,...
NEW YORK-L.M. Ericsson's mobile satellite phones for Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. have received type approval from the European Telecommunications Standards Institute.The new phones are compatible with both Globalstar's satellite service and Global System for Mobile communications networks and are scheduled to begin shipping immediately.
When launched in November 1998, Iridium L.L.C. hoped the glare from its low-earth-orbit satellites would catch the attention of earthbound eyes and cause a stir.It soon will succeed in ways it never imagined.The company Friday shut down its 66-satellite constellation and began the process...
