MILPITAS, CA. , September 9, 2004 - During the past three weeks, two major hurricanes left thousands of Florida residents without power, telephone and other basic essential services.

When Hurricane Charley hit the state, Globalstar LLC, provider of the world's most widely used mobile satellite telephone, supplied over 150 no charge satellite telephone handsets and free airtime to persons in the storm stricken areas. Working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Governor's Office, and various Globalstar agents and distributors, the company was able to provide satellite voice and data services to emergency workers and citizens in damaged areas left with little or no terrestrial or cellular telephone service.

"During times of emergency, one realizes the importance of the basic essential services that we all take for granted on a day to day basis", said Dennis Allen, Senior VP of Sales for Globalstar LLC. "Globalstar was able to provide satellite telephone service when many other alternatives were often unavailable due to damage or destruction of the local telecommunication infrastructure, power outages or other issues such as insufficient calling capacity."

"The Globalstar phones were great", added Randy Pierce, Site Coordinator for the State of Florida. "We were able to count on them and they made the task easier to deal with, by allowing us to communicate and coordinate the emergency efforts into those areas affected by the hurricane."

When Hurricane Frances approached the state last week, Globalstar shipped hundreds of additional satellite phones into the region. Because of logistical and other shipping issues caused by the storm, Globalstar contacted Flight Options, a Cleveland-based provider of private jet travel solutions, and employed the use of specially chartered jets to ensure that the satellite phone hardware arrived as quickly as possible.

"Flight Options is dedicated to providing high levels of service," said Michael Scheeringa, Chief Operating Officer, Flight Options, LLC. "Our team of professionals is trained to plan and predict the travel needs of our owners daily. It is gratifying to know that even in very challenging circumstances we were able to continue to provide service and transport these much needed phones to Florida.

Globalstar is the world's most popular handheld satellite phone. Globalstar offers satellite telecommunications services, for both voice and data, from virtually anywhere to more than 123,000 subscribers in over 120 countries around the world. Beyond emergency services, Globalstar primarily provides business and recreational communications to industries and individuals located in remote areas throughout the globe. For more information regarding Globalstar, please visit the Globalstar web site at www.globalstar.com

Flight Options, LLC, which offers the full spectrum of travel solutions from membership to leasing to fractional shares, is an affiliate of Raytheon Company.