Globalstar provides first commercial phone calls between North and South Korea in nearly 50 years; South Korean delegation uses mobile satellite telephones at historic Korean Summit.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-22 June 2000-LORAL SPACE & COMMUNICATIONS: Globalstar provides first commercial phone calls between North and South Korea in nearly 50 years; South Korean delegation uses mobile satellite telephones at historic Korean Summit (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22062000 New York -- Globalstar (NASDAQ: GSTRF), the global mobile satellite telephone service, reached a new milestone last week when South Korean officials used the company`s satellite phones during the recent summit meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, making the first commercial telephone calls directly between North and South Korea in nearly 50 years.

Equipped with 11 Globalstar Qualcomm phones, members of the staff accompanying South Korean president Kim Dae Jung were able...