MILPITAS, Calif., July 23, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- SPOT LLC., the pioneer behind the award-winning SPOT Satellite Messenger(tm), today announced satellite coverage expansion to include all of Alaska, the Aleutian Islands and the surrounding maritime regions including the Gulf of Alaska and portions of both the North Pacific and South Arctic Oceans. SPOT users, such as Alaska residents, tourists, outdoors adventurists, and remote workers in these regions, can now experience the benefit of additional land and off-shore coverage with their SPOT Satellite Messenger.
"SPOT saved my life," said Mike Brady, Alaska resident and SPOT survivor who pressed the 9-1-1 button after he collapsed outside and was unconscious in minus 30 degree temperatures. Brady was working in a remote outpost in the Wrangell St. Elias National Park, one of the largest and most isolated parks in the state.
SPOT, the world's first satellite messenger enables users to send their GPS location and status update message to friends, family or an emergency response center. Independent of cellular coverage, SPOT works nearly around the world including all of the continental United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Australia, portions of South America, Northern Africa and Northeastern Asia, and hundreds or thousands of miles off-shore of these areas.
"Since its introduction the SPOT Satellite Messenger has on numerous occasions proven its potential as a lifesaving device both here in Alaska and around the globe," said Dennis Allen, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for SPOT LLC. "Today's announcement demonstrates our commitment to providing reliable and low cost satellite communication throughout the state. The expanded coverage is the result of an ongoing companywide effort to provide the resources needed to ensure that our loyal SPOT users have access to reliable messaging capabilities wherever their adventures or commercial activities take them -- including the most remote regions of Alaska."
The expanded data coverage is the result of applique hardware and software upgrades at a satellite ground station located in Wasilla, Alaska. With this expansion SPOT offers its users seamless coverage from the Southern Arctic Ocean West to the Bering Sea and South though North America and Latin America to Northeastern Argentina and Peru.
To view SPOT Satellite Messenger's global coverage map, please visit: http://www.findmespot.com/ExploreSPOT/Coverage.aspx.
About SPOT LLC.
The SPOT Satellite Messenger, the world's first satellite messenger, uses both the GPS satellite network to determine a customer's location and the SPOT network to transmit that information to friends, family or an emergency service center. SPOT LLC., a subsidiary or Globalstar, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSAT), provides lifesaving communications technology that allows users to communicate from remote locations around the globe. Thanks to this affordable, cutting-edge personal safety device, the company offers people peace of mind by allowing customers to notify friends and family of their location and status, and to send for emergency assistance in time of need, completely independent of cellular phone or wireless coverage. For more information on how SPOT LLC. is helping users live to tell about it(SM) -- from disaster preparedness to outdoor adventure purposes -- visit www.findmespot.com.
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