Tour de France Selects
Globalstar Satellite Phones to Stay in Touch
3
July, 2014
Globalstar Europe
Satellite Services Ltd., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Globalstar, Inc.
(NYSE MKT: GSAT), today announced that Tour de
France organisers have selected Globalstar
GSP-1700 satellite phone for their
communications across the UK leg of the world’s
most prestigious bicycle road race.
The
organising committee will be using 100 of
Globalstar’s flagship satellite phone, the
GSP-1700, to provide clear and reliable
communications across the UK Stage 3 leg of the
race – a new part of the Tour introduced for
2014. These will be used by members of the
organising team, as well as by support and
emergency crew.
Taking place Saturday
July 5th
to Sunday July 27th
2014, the 101st
Tour de France
consists of 21 stages and will cover a total
distance of 3,664 kilometres. For the first
time, the race begins in Yorkshire in the UK,
with Stage 1 travelling from Leeds to Harrogate,
for a 20th Grand Départ abroad. The race then
heads south with London rounding off Stage 3 on
July 7th.
The Tour de France will also go through Belgium
and Spain.
Globalstar’s satellite phones were selected for
their ability to deliver clear reliable voice
and data communications, including in regions
where mobile reach is limited or non-existent.
The
agreement for the supply of satellite phones for
the Tour de France was spearheaded by
Global Telesat Communications (GTC) ,
a leading provider of satellite communications
solutions, and a key Globalstar distribution
partner. GTC Managing Director David Phipps
commented: “It is a great honour to be selected
as supplier to the Tour de France to supply
their mission-critical satellite communications.
We’re proud to support such a celebrated event
with a world-class satellite solution from
Globalstar.”
Gavan
Murphy, Director of Marketing at Globalstar
Europe, said: “The Tour de France has to run its
operations like clockwork and reliable
communications in any location is critical. This
is one of the world’s greatest sporting events
and we are delighted that our state-of-the-art
satellite network and handsets are helping the
organisers stay connected.”
Globalstar’s flagship GSP-1700 satellite phone
is a small lightweight consumer-friendly handset
offering the fastest handheld data speeds
available in the satcoms space and delivering
the best voice quality in the market. Users of
Globalstar solutions uniquely benefit from the
world’s only second generation satellite network
in orbit, offering latency-free crystal clear
call quality.
In
January this year, Globalstar launched its
pre-pay service in the European region, the
lowest cost pre-paid service in the mobile
satellite services (MSS) space. The pre-paid
service is available in 10 different card
denominations from 50 to 1,000 minutes.
Customers who simply want to use the phone for
themselves can use personal cards while shared
pre-paid cards are for those who share their
phone with colleagues or friends.
In April, Globalstar
launched its “Free Phones For All” campaign, an
ambitious rebate programme offering cashback of
up to €500 on every new GSP-1700 satellite phone
bought with a post-paid contract from
participating dealers in EMENA (Europe, Middle
East, North Africa). Customers buying the
GSP-1700 can effectively have their phone for
free while enjoying market-beating high quality
voice and data services.
