SATELLITE PHONE SALES IN ALASKA EXPECTED TO SOAR

Globalstar, a world leader in providing mobile satellite voice and data services to business, announced today that it is launching a special promotion for customers in Alaska, as the company prepares to open its new gateway satellite ground station in Wasilla. Any Alaska business or resident who activates an annual Globalstar service plan before July 15, 2006 will receive a 50% discount off access charges.

The Globalstar promotion precedes the opening of the company’s new gateway ground station in Wasilla that is expected to open in the summer of 2006. The satellite gateway is used to connect Globalstar customers to the public telephone network or to other satellite phone users via the Globalstar satellite constellation, with no reliance on the public telephone network.

“Now, Alaskan customers will have affordable access to a dial-tone even in the most remote parts of the state, with pricing less than most people pay for satellite TV or cellular phones,” said Dennis Allen, Senior Vice President of US Sales and Marketing for Globalstar, Inc. “Once the new gateway is open, we will also be able to provide a local 907 area code for their satellite handset, fixed unit, or data modem.”

Although the company has offered satellite coverage in the region since 2000, the new gateway ground station will provide enhanced Globalstar coverage to areas throughout Alaska, Northwestern BC, and the Bering Sea.

Because of the high concentration of companies in the commercial fishing, forestry, oil and gas and mining industries, who are demanding reliable communications services where landline or traditional wireless services are impractical or impossible, Alaska is a high growth region for Globalstar. More recently various companies and individuals have also looked at purchasing satellite phones for emergency preparedness and business continuity applications in the event of a natural or man-made disaster.

The addition of service from the Wasilla satellite gateway will greatly improve coverage along Northern Pacific fishing grounds such as Dutch Harbor, allowing more users cost-effective voice telephony shipboard, and will extend the range of vessel monitoring services. Globalstar’s maritime kits are currently deployed on marine craft ranging from recreational vessels to seiners and other fishing boats, container ships and tankers. With more than 11,000 registered aircraft in Alaska, the Alaska aviation market is also a potential high-growth market for Globalstar.

For sales information regarding satellite services in Alaska, Internet users can now visit www.globalstaralaska.com for more information, or contact Globalstar Alaska sales at (877) 728-7466.

About Globalstar, Inc. With over 200,000 activated satellite voice and data units, Globalstar offers high value, high quality satellite services to commercial and recreational users from virtually anywhere in more than 120 countries. The company's voice and data products include mobile and fixed satellite telephones, simplex and duplex satellite data modems and flexible service packages. Many land based and maritime industries benefit from Globalstar with increased productivity from remote areas beyond cellular and landline service. Global customer segments include; oil and gas, government, mining, forestry, commercial fishing, utilities, military, transportation, heavy construction, emergency preparedness, and business continuity as well as individual recreational users. Globalstar data solutions are ideal for various asset tracking, data monitoring and SCADA applications.

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