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Article: GLOBALSTAR: Globalstar makes first public satellite phone call.
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- September 18, 1998
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M2 PRESSWIRE-18 September 1998-GLOBALSTAR: Globalstar makes first public satellite phone call (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Globalstar and founding partners QUALCOMM and Telecommunications par Satellites Mobiles (TE.SA.M.) successfully conducted the first public phone call made via the Globalstar mobile satellite system before an audience at the sixth Satel Conseil Symposium in Paris. The call, conducted on September 9, 1998, received an enthusiastic response from the conference attendees.
Standing by Napoleon's Tomb on the Champs de Mars in Paris, Mr. Jean Bernard Lagarde, director general of TE.SA.M., and Mr. Bill Thatcher, ...