GLOBALSTAR MOVES CLOSER TO OPENING NEW FLORIDA GATEWAY WITH APPLICATION TO FCC
New gateway will increase capacity to meet anticipated growth in high demand areas including
the Southeast U.S. and Northern Caribbean
Milpitas, CA., April 21 2005 - Globalstar LLC, the world's most widely used handheld satellite
phone service provider, announced that it has filed an application with the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) for authority to operate a Globalstar Gateway in Sebring, Florida.
The Gateway, expected to open later this summer, will allow Globalstar to improve service at
the fringes of its North American service area, particularly at sea.
Four Globalstar Gateways currently cover the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean - one in Texas,
one in Puerto Rico, one in Eastern Canada and one in Western Canada. Each Gateway provides
communications channels within a radius of about 1,500 miles from the Gateway. Because demand
in southeast U.S and northern Caribbean continues to grow beyond best-case projections, the
addition of a fifth Gateway in central Florida will ensure that subscribers can continue to
expect the coverage, reliability and voice quality for which Globalstar has become known.
«The Sebring Gateway will provide improved coverage to some of Globalstar's most avid customers,»
said Jay Monroe, Chairman and CEO, Globalstar LLC. «We've seen an upswing in demand for
Globalstar voice and data services from both commercial and recreational users in the
Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, particularly in the pleasure boating and oil & gas sectors.»
The Florida Gateway is being installed to increase capacity and improve service levels at
the fringes of the North American service area, where both the number of customers and the number
of minutes used has increased beyond expectations over the past several years.
«Today's announcement once again demonstrates our company's commitment to the continued
expansion and improvement of our network and services,» added Monroe. He noted that in the
past 12 months, Globalstar has made significant enhancements to its service infrastructure,
including upgrading its network to extend data monitoring services to additional regions in
Europe and the Middle East, and introducing a variety of products and services including an
affordable and easy to implement remote asset tracking application.
About Globalstar
Globalstar offers satellite telecommunications services, for both voice and data, from
virtually anywhere in over 120 countries around the world. For more information, visit Globalstar's
web site at
www.globalstar.com
