....significant improvements in Globalstar's satellite telephone service. The enhancements to Globalstar's service is the result of the company's recently deployed second-generation satellites, designed to support its current voice, Duplex and Simplex data products and services including its SPOT brand of retail consumer products. On December 28, 2011, the company successfully completed its third launch of six second-generation satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Globalstar expects to announce an update regarding the timing of its fourth launch in the next few weeks. Globalstar is on track to be the first Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) provider to launch, deploy and use a second-generation constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites to service new and existing customers around the world.
Globalstar aims to provide the world's highest quality mobile satellite voice and fastest mobile satellite handset data services available to customers in more than 120 countries. The second-generation satellites are designed to have a 15 year life-span, giving Globalstar and its dealer network an advantage over other MSS providers. Globalstar's Qualcomm manufactured GSP-1700 is the smallest and lightest commercial mobile satellite handset available to customers throughout the United States and Canada. It provides customers with superior, crystal clear CDMA voice quality. Additionally, Globalstar offers the industry's fastest mobile satellite handset data speeds with localized telephone numbers (where available).