FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 26, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- GlobeTel Communications Corp. (Pink Sheets:GTEM) announced that Discovery Channel Canada's Daily Planet program contained a segment focusing on the Sanswire Stratellite(tm), which aired on January 29, 2007 and featured footage of the December 14, 2006 Stratellite(tm) float test and an interview with USAF Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Doug Murch, Sanswire President.
Links to the episode are available at www.globetel.net and www.sanswire.com to Canadian viewers only, due to Discovery Channel Canada restrictions. The direct link is http://broadband.discoverychannel.ca/discovery/?vid=4409 .
Sanswire continues development and testing of the Stratellite(tm) Technology Demonstrator as it works toward eventual flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
About The Stratellite(tm)
A Stratellite(tm) stationed in the stratosphere, at 65,000 feet, will be able to provide state-of-the-art communications to areas that either don't currently have the infrastructure to support such services, or are unable to support a terrestrial-based infrastructure due to topography. Additionally, a Stratellite(tm) can be used to supplement communications services in areas where infrastructure has been damaged by natural or man-made disasters. Lower altitude, shorter duration airships more closely resembling the Sanswire 2A are envisioned to be able to provide communications in times of emergency or could be used for border patrol, surveillance, and as a communications bridge to naval battle groups or between ground troops. For the Wikipedia description of the Stratellite(tm), please click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratellite .
About Sanswire Networks LLC
Sanswire Networks is focused on the construction of the Stratellite(tm), a specialized airship capable of carrying payloads that transmit various types of wireless communications. Placing a communications platform into the stratosphere is an idea that can fundamentally change how the world delivers wireless telecommunications, and the way we communicate. For more information, please go to www.sanswire.com or www.globetel.net