| QUALCOMM's Role: How It Ties Together |
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| Globalstar's constellation transmits calls from your
mobile or fixed satellite phone to a terrestrial Gateway developed
by QUALCOMM and owned and operated by the Service Provider. These
calls are passed through the Gateway and on to existing fixed and
cellular telephone networks in more than 100 countries on 6 continents. |
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| Terrestrial Gateways are an
important part of Globalstar's strategy to keep key technology and
equipment easily accessible & to integrate services as closely as
possible with existing local telephony networks. This makes the Globalstar
Communications System and its services simple to manage. |
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| QUALCOMM, as designer and leader
in the standardization and commercialization of CDMA technology for
wireless applications, supplies Globalstar L.P. and Service Providers
with: |
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* QUALCOMM Globalstar
Satellite Phones and Products
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| * QUALCOMM Globalstar
Gateways |
| "Seamless" Phone Service Coverage
Is Desired |
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| Cellular phone coverage is provided by a network of
transceiver antennas clustered on transceiver towers. A network of
circles is represented by hexagons. This shows the optimal placement
of towers to eliminate "holes" in coverage (an area where mobile phone
communication cannot be achieved). |
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| In the real world, coverage holes occur. Obstacles like
hills, valleys, or man-made obstructions make the strength of signals
between the phone and the cellular antennas inadequate. Mobile phone
calls cannot be made or continued when the caller is in one of these
holes. |
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| Globalstar Covers The World* |
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Most of the world is NOT covered
by cellular networks, whether in wilderness areas, on long-haul trucking
routes, or in developing nations.
A satellite phone system gives the consumer a single phone that can
be used almost anywhere, whether next door or half-way around the
world. |
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| * Except for polar regions or areas not currently covered
by installed Gateways, including most of Greenland, small parts of
Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, Siberia, and regions in the Southern
Hemisphere, including Antarctica & parts of South America. |
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