(Be sure to click through all the images in the gallery above.)Fishermen who navigate to remote areas depend on satellite communication to connect with the outside world and, more important, to summon help. Thanks to a major new infrastructure investment by Globalstar, anglers can shop more options. Following a final launch in February, Globalstar and its 24 new, second-generation satellites have reinvigorated the company’s presence in the satellite-telephone market. “We have, over the past three years, been placing satellites into operational orbits and turning them on,” says L. Barbee Ponder, Globalstar’s general counsel and vice president of regulatory affairs. “As we do that, our coverage improves and the voice quality improves.” Starting in 2007, Globalstar had experienced aging issues with its low-earth-orbit (LEO) ...![Sport Fishing Mag]()
