Portable......
The Globalstar QUALCOMM GSP-1600 Tri-Mode satellite phone is the ultimate wireless phone, combining the functionality of cellular service with the use anywhere convenience of a satellite phone - all in a single, handheld unit.

No matter where you go, the GSP-1600 provides clear, secure voice and data communications with standard wireless phone features such as voicemail, speed dialing and call forwarding. In cellular mode, it can use either CDMA-digital or AMPS-analog systems, automatically selecting whichever is available. Out of cellular range? Just flip up the satellite antenna, and you are instantly connected to the Globalstar constellation of 48 low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites, providing their own high-quality CDMA link to anyone you want to call, anywhere.
 

Fixed Location........
The Globalstar QUALCOMM GSP-2800/2900 Fixed Satellite Phone meets an immediate need for voice communications, while offering flexibility, capacity and quality needed for future growth in demand. It combines the ready availability of a two-wire telephone set with the superior performance of a state-of-the art digital wireless technology, QUALCOMM's Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), and the Glboalstar system.

Project Engineers John Lindsey and Kelly Cullen coordinate activities at the Chena Landing Strip in central Alaska with Globalstar GSP-1600 Handsets, nothing else would work in this corner of the world. (c)2003 Niles Radio Communications