Globalstar Applauds the FCC National Broadband Strategy

Globalstar, a leading service provider of satellite voice and data communication has announced their response to the National Broadband Plan the FCC has introduced.  In the plan called “Connecting America”, the FCC presented a number of Internet broadband initiatives to stimulate economic growth.

The FCC has stated, "Wireless broadband is poised to become a key platform for innovation in the United States over the next decade. As a result, U.S. spectrum policy requires reform to accommodate the new ways that industry is delivering wireless services."  The FCC believes that they must accelerate the deployment in 90 MHz of Mobile Satellite Spectrum.  The plan recommended, "The FCC should grant licensees flexibility under the ATC regime in the 2.4 GHz Big LEO band, already being used for terrestrial broadband deployments, to make this spectrum permanently suitable for terrestrial broadband service, subject to appropriate safeguards to promote the public interest."

Globalstar is the first and only satellite service provider to have utilized its ancillary terrestrial component ATC authority.  Globalstar’s terrestrial broadband partner, Open Range Communication began offering rural broadband WiMAX service to customers in Colorado in 2009. 

We applaud the FCC's plans to create an economic and regulatory environment that will stimulate job creation and foster development of the world's fastest and most innovative broadband networks here in the United States, and we are encouraged by their thoughts regarding optimizing the use of MSS spectrum," said Peter Dalton, Chief Executive Officer, Globalstar, Inc. 

Globalstar is the leading provider of satellite voice and data services with over 375,000 subscribers.  Globalstar provides service to over 120 countries. 

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