Success of unique initiatives plus rapid growth in satellite data paves the way for Globalstar to reach major customer milestone
MILPITAS, Calif. – Globalstar LLC, a world leader in providing mobile satellite voice and data services to business, announced today that it activated its 200,000th customer during the month of February.
“Reaching the 200,000 customer level represents a significant achievement for Globalstar,” said Jay Monroe, Chairman and CEO of Globalstar LLC. “Activation of over 200,000 customers allows us to emphasize and reinforce our competitive position as a world leader in the mobile satellite services industry. It is also a credit to all of the individual Globalstar employees, distributors, resellers and Independent Gateway Operators who have contributed to making this milestone possible. Most importantly however, it validates the success of the various initiatives we’ve recently introduced, in order to meet the dynamic and broad requirements of the satellite communications marketplace.”
The significant demand for Globalstar satellite voice and data services has resulted in the substantial growth of the company’s overall subscriber base. In particular, the market demand for satellite data services has increased rapidly. This combined with the introduction of new asset and resource tracking based simplex data initiatives resulted in the number of Globalstar simplex subscribers increasing in 2005, by approximately 300% to over 20,000 users.
In less than 2 years, Globalstar has introduced a wide variety of new products, services, and integrated data solutions designed to meet the needs of the MSS marketplace. The company has consolidated various operations in the Americas and Western Europe, opened a new ground station in Florida and is in the process of constructing an additional gateway in Alaska. With its independent gateway operator-partners, the company has significantly expanded its simplex data coverage by installing a number of new simplex data appliqués throughout the world. Globalstar has also announced an agreement with QUALCOMM to manufacture its current and next generation handset, plus it has signed agreements with two prospective launch providers to launch its eight spare satellites, planned for early 2007.
About Globalstar LLC
Globalstar offers high value, quality satellite voice and data services to more than 200,000 commercial and recreational users from virtually anywhere in more than 120 countries. The company’s voice and data products include mobile and fixed satellite units, simplex and duplex satellite data modems and flexible service packages. Many industries benefit from Globalstar with increased productivity from remote areas beyond cellular and landline service. Global customer segments include; oil and gas, government, mining, forestry, commercial fishing, utilities, military, transportation, heavy construction as well as individual recreational users. Globalstar service is available for as little as US$ 0.14 per minute in the United States.
For more information regarding Globalstar, please visit Globalstar’s web site at www.globalstar.com
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Dean Hirasawa
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Dean.hirasawa@globalstar.com