GLOBALSTAR ANNOUNCES DATA SERVICE EXPANSION TO PARTS OF ASIA AND WESTERN PACIFIC REGION

Globalstar, a world leader in providing mobile satellite voice and data services to business, announced today that its independent gateway operator in Korea, DACOM Corporation, plans to offer simplex, or one-way, data services to Globalstar customers throughout Korea, much of Southeast Asia, parts of China, as well as the Western Pacific and Sea of Japan maritime regions.

The capability to offer simplex data service and solutions is the result of additional hardware being added at the ground station or satellite gateway operated by Dacom. The satellite gateway is used to provide Globalstar customers with access to ground based telephone and data networks via the Globalstar satellite constellation. Globalstar recently purchased a number of new gateway hardware appliqués in order to expand its simplex data coverage to various operators around the world.

The Globalstar simplex data service has been available in the U.S and Canada since 2003, and throughout Europe, the Middle East and across the north Atlantic region since early 2005. It is one of the fastest growing Globalstar segments with the number of Globalstar simplex data subscribers increasing in 2005 by approximately 300% to over 20,000 users.

The Globalstar simplex data offering is a low cost, one-way satellite data service that allows customers to use Globalstar simplex modems and integrated back office management solutions to track mobile assets -- such as vehicles, tractor trailers, cargo containers and marine vessels, using GPS or other location-based software. Because of this, it is an ideal solution for marine and fishing vessel monitoring applications. The Globalstar simplex data service can also be used for a wide variety of industrial and security applications to monitor and send information from fixed assets, such as environmental measuring instruments and utility meters, or report the state of various mobile devices and their locations.

Using the Globalstar Satellite network and an approved integrated simplex modem solution, companies will be able to economically monitor their assets from virtually anywhere within the Globalstar simplex coverage area. The data is sent back to a customer's control and monitoring facility via the Globalstar constellation of low-earth-orbiting satellites. This information can be received at any time from remote installations far beyond the reach of ground-based communications systems.

“This investment confirms the commitment of our independent gateway operators such as Dacom, to providing Globalstar customers, who require the ability to remotely monitor their various assets, with a low cost simplex data solution” said Jay Monroe, CEO and Chairman of Globalstar LLC. “In addition, today’s announcement that Globalstar and Dacom will offer this service throughout parts of China and much of the Asia Pacific region is extremely important, as it is one of the fastest growing economic areas in the world.”

Commencing in the first quarter of 2006, Dacom plans to begin customer field trials of its simplex data offering, through its gateway in Korea.

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