Globalstar USA Introduces Expanded Roaming Service

Walnut Creek, CA-based Globalstar USA USA, a subsidiary of Vodafone AirTouch plc, has formed its first overseas roaming agreements, covering Southern Brazil and parts of Europe. Customers can place outbound calls from Southern Brazil to anywhere in the world for $1.99 plus long distance charges and make both inbound and outbound calls from 17 countries in Europe for $1.79 plus long distance charges.

Customers already have inbound and outbound roaming capabilities throughout North America, covering all of Canada, the continental United States and Mexico.

Countries and regions included in the expanded roaming service include:

Southern Brazil:
Districto Federal, Minais Gerais, Rio De Janerio Rio Grande De Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo

Europe:
Albania, Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, and the Vatican City

Domestic Pricing Plans
Globalstar USA offers the following domestic price plans (without promotional discounts) based on a monthly service charge and fees for satellite connection and use.

• The Beyond Basic plan is $29.99 per month plus $1.69 per minute for satellite airtime.
  
• The Beyond 50 plan is $99.99 per month and includes 50 minutes of satellite airtime; additional minutes are $1.59.
  
• The Beyond 100 plan is $169.99 per month and includes 100 minutes of satellite airtime; additional minutes are $1.49.
  
• The Beyond 250 plan is $369.99 and includes 250 minutes of satellite airtime; additional minutes are $1.39.

Edited by Ellen Jensen