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Globalstar Extends Data Service Globalstar recently started offering simplex, or one-way, data services to customers using its European gateway located in France. Combined with the current simplex data coverage offered by the Globalstar gateway in Turkey, this expanded coverage will more than double the area currently served by the company's simplex data service to include all of Europe, the North Atlantic, and North Africa. This new service enhancement is the result of a hardware upgrade to the European ground station or gateway that is operated by Globalstar to provide satellite customers, access to the ground based public telephone and data net- works. Globalstar simplex data service has already been available in the U.S and Canada since 2003, and in the Middle East and parts of Europe since earlier this year. The Globalstar simplex data offering is a low cost, one-way satellite data service that allows customers to use Globalstar simplex modems and inte- grated solutions to track mobile assets -- such as vehicles and marine vessels -- using GPS or other location-based soft- ware. The Globalstar simplex data serv- ice can also be used to monitor and send information from a wide array of indus- trial and security applications for fixed assets, such as environmental measure- ments, utility meter readings, or the state of various devices or instruments. Circle 57 on Reader Service Card New Antenna Resists AIS Interference Naval Electronics launches a new omni-directional wide band antenna (0.1-26.5 and 40-890 MHz) for TV-FM- AM, called Mark 32ALC. A true mar- itime antenna, it is especially designed to withstand any interference from high output transmitters in close by frequen- cies, such as from the increasing AIS- traffic (Automatic Identification System) working in the VHF-band. Circle 32 on Reader Service Card Expansion of AreaRAE Wireless Networks RAE Systems Inc., a maker of multi- sensor chemical and radiation detection monitors and networks for homeland security and industrial applications, launched RAELink2, a long-range wire- less communication device that enables the integration of third party gas, radia- tion, weather, and chemical warfare agent monitors to existing first respon- der and public venue protection AreaRAE networks. The RAELink2 can be configured for use with the SAIC-S- CAD, which features dual-detection methods (ion mobility cell and surface acoustic wave), and Coastal Environmental Systems WEATHER- PAK weather station, with others to fol- low. Circle 62 on Reader Service Card Satellite & Communications Notes March 2005 65 Imagine being able to analyze your daily call data or invoices, have an overview of your satellite communication costs, shop for prepaid airtime or even initiate voice calls - all via the Internet. All these services and more are now available via www.marlinkonline.com, Marlink's Web-based tool designed to streamline the daily management of your satellite communications and improve your operational efficiencies. Communications you can rely on www.marlink.com www.marlinkonline.com www.marlinkonline.com Benefit -from being in control Circle 279 on Reader Service Card MR MARCH 2005 #9 (65-72).qxd 3/2/2005 9:05 AM Page 1
