Jumping from satellite to mobile and back
News Globalstar Telecommunications has been selling hybrid mobile-satellite phones and services for some time. But Inmarsat's service can deliver data at 176kbps, about twice as fast as Globalstar's, according to both companies.
[November 21, 2002, 9:20]
Iridium sets up shop in Iraq
News Iridium and competitors such as Globalstar target the government, forestry, maritime, oil and mining industries. Iridium rival Globalstar has also offered satellite-phone service in Iraq since mid-April and said it expects usage to rise...
[July 22, 2003, 9:17]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Poor old Globalstar is trying to be a competitor to Iridium in the satellite telephone business, but while Iridium sent its 60-odd constellation fleet of orbiting telephone exchanges up in batches of six or seven, Globalstar will compress...
[September 12, 1998, 6:00]
Cellphone makers practise airborne calls
News An onboard cellular base station the size of a laptop was linked to a Globalstar satellite, which funnelled calls and short text messages to Earth-bound cell phones, Qualcomm said. Airborne cellphone service took a test flight last Thursday, in a...
[July 19, 2004, 10:25]
Text messages go via satellite
News Iridium's SMS service can send messages of up to 160 characters and is likely to put pressure on rival Globalstar Telecommunications to improve its own short message service, which now lets users send and receive messages of up to 19 characters.
[August 5, 2003, 9:09]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Poor old Globalstar is trying to be a competitor to Iridium in the satellite telephone business, but while Iridium sent its 60-odd constellation fleet of orbiting telephone exchanges up in batches of six or seven, Globalstar will compress...
[September 12, 1998, 7:00]
Broadband boom gathers speed
News Some satellite broadband systems already offer high-speed connectivity even in remote locations, such as DirecTV's DirecPC system and the Globalstar network, but none have so far lived up to the promise.
[November 21, 2000, 10:46]
Thursday
Blog Globalstar filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. Thursday 3/10/2002 So, farewell then, Teledesic. Bill Gates' bright hope of studding the sky with nearly a thousand satellites to saturate the ether with broadband has faded almost to extinction.
[October 4, 2002, 18:06]
