[amsat-bb] Better change our sales pitch

[Luc Leblanc VE2DWE <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This came from Hearsat mailing list. If we try to push for our LEO as an emergency tool we will 
probably be in the shadow of Orbitrax... could be a change in our sales pitch will be needed? Why 
not came back to the basic roots EG: Good DX communications and experimenting?


On 4 May 2006 at 23:34, AllanStern@aol.com wrote:

> Ten Thousand Satellite Modems For Disaster Recovery Organizations
>  
> Milpitas CA (SPX) May 03, 2006. Globalstar Inc, a world leader in  providing 
> mobile satellite voice and data services to business, and Orbit  One 
> Communications, Inc. of Bozeman, MT announced today the purchase of an  additional 
> 10,000 OrbiTRAX simplex satellite tracking devices by various  Federal, State and 
> private organizations, who will activate these units in  preparation for the 
> 2006 hurricane season. 
>  
> The OrbiTRAX tracking devices are being delivered to support the field  
> logistics requirements of the various public and private organizations, and will  
> allow those customers to track and manage their dispersed assets during and  
> after a hurricane, or any other natural or man made disaster. 
>  
> The OrbiTRAX product is an integrated simplex modem and GPS tracking  
> solution that uses the Globalstar satellite network to deliver data to Orbit  One's 
> FELIX (Field Enhanced Logistics) web based back office mapping and  logistics 
> management system. The back office solution allows the various  customer 
> agencies to track and map the location of their fixed and mobile  resources. 
>  
> "We are extremely pleased by the continued growth of the Globalstar simplex  
> data market and that our network is being utilized to help with disaster  r
> ecovery efforts," stated Jay Monroe, Chairman and CEO of Globalstar, Inc. 
>  
> Mr. Monroe added, "As one of our largest distributors of simplex data  
> solutions, Orbit One, has built a reliable product and service designed to  
> specifically serve the needs of emergency first responders and we look forward  to 
> their continued growth in this industry segment." 
>  
> Orbit One CEO, President and Founder David Ronsen stated, "We mold basic  
> capabilities and reliable technology into quick, simple and intuitive tools to  
> serve asset logistics' recovery, maintenance and delivery needs, thereby  
> improving the short and long term management of assets in often chaotic  
> environments." 
>  
> Mr. Ronsen added, "The Globalstar simplex service system, in combination  
> with Orbit One's delivery, data management and hardware capabilities, has  
> allowed us to introduce a reliable service that is well received. Better  
> information, with connectivity established between responders' resources and  their 
> delivery systems, helps to coordinate the response effort, and serves well  into 
> the recovery phases." 
>  
> Once these units have been deployed, Orbit One will have activated over  
> 25,000 OrbiTRAX units to the incident and emergency response communities, since  
> it began integrating the Globalstar Simplex Data Service into its products in  
> 2004. 
>  
> Globalstar has offered simplex data in the U.S. and Canada since 2003, and  
> throughout Europe, the Middle East and across the north Atlantic region since  
> early 2005. Globalstar also recently announced expansion of simplex data  
> coverage into parts of South America, Australia and the Asia Pacific region.  
> Simplex data is one of the fastest growing company segments with the number of  
> Globalstar simplex subscribers increasing in 2005 by approximately  300%.
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