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SPOT Unveils SPOT Assist, the World’s First
Satellite-Based Roadside GPS Safety Service
Consumers Can
Now Benefit From the Safety and Peace-of-Mind
Associated Satellite-based
Roadside Service over
the Inherent Limitations of Cellular-Based
Offerings
SPOT |
LAS VEGAS, NV - (January 8, 2009) – SPOT LLC,
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc.
(NASDAQ: GSAT) and a leader in personal
satellite messaging and emergency
communications, today announced SPOT Assist, a
new roadside GPS safety service for its
award-winning SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger™.
SPOT Assist offers the world’s only roadside
assistance that operates solely on satellite
technology for virtually seamless coverage
independent of cellular networks. SPOT is
showcasing its products and new services this
week at the Consumer Electronics Show in booth
number 5218 in the Tech Zone located in the
North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
SPOT Assist’s roadside service will offer
complete 24 hour assistance 7 days a week in the
Continental United States and Canada later this
spring. By simply activating SPOT Assist
with the “Help” button on the SPOT Satellite GPS
Messenger, users can instantly alert a national
roadside response center of their GPS location.
Backed by a leading provider of national
roadside assistance, SPOT Assist services
include roadside towing, auto-accident
assistance, fuel services, tire repair, battery
service, lost key and lockout.
Unlike conventional services, such as OnStar,
that relay positioning through cellular
networks, SPOT Assist combines a GPS receiver
with satellite communications technologies to
deliver location-based messaging independent of
cellular coverage. The SPOT Satellite GPS
Messenger is a small, rugged and hand-held GPS
unit that can access a world-wide satellite
network system to keep you connected virtually
anywhere you roam. The SPOT Assist roadside
service is expected to be available in other
countries later in 2009.
"Our customers have been using SPOT primarily
off-road and outside of cellular range to
check-in with loved ones or to get help in a
real emergency resulting in increased safety and
security for outdoor enthusiasts,” said Tom
Colby, COO of Globalstar and President of SPOT
LLC. “SPOT Assist is an innovative
extension of the SPOT product portfolio, and
represents one more in a growing list of ways in
which SPOT is continuing to deliver services
that help to ensure the personal safety and
security of our customers around the world at a
very modest cost.”
Now with SPOT Assist roadside service, SPOT
customers can benefit from a complete GPS safety
system which includes four functions that
transmit messages based on varying levels of
need:
- Help notifies the SPOT
Assist roadside response center or others of
your GPS location
- Check In lets contacts
know where you are and that you are okay
- Track Progress sends
and saves your location and allows contacts to
track your progress using Google Maps™
- Alert 9-1-1 notifies
an emergency rescue coordination center of your
GPS location
Since its introduction in December 2007, the
SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger has helped initiate
close to 100 rescues, many which resulted in
lives saved, and has transmitted more than 5
million “peace-of-mind” and “track me” messages
world-wide.
Pricing and Availability
SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger retails for $169.99
SRP Customers will be able to purchase SPOT
Assist for $129.99 per year at
www.findmespot.com. SPOT Assist will
include national roadside assistance and
unlimited basic SPOT service including Check-in
and 9-1-1 emergency response messaging.
SPOT Assist is scheduled to be available for
purchase in spring 2009.
About SPOT LLC
The SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger, the world’s
first satellite messenger, uses both the GPS
satellite network to determine a customer’s
location and the SPOT network to transmit that
information to friends, family or an emergency
service center. SPOT LLC., a subsidiary of
Globalstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: GSAT), provides
lifesaving communications technology that allows
users to communicate from remote locations
around the globe.
Thanks to this affordable, cutting-edge personal
safety device, the company offers people peace
of mind by allowing customers to notify friends
and family of their location and status, and to
send for emergency assistance in time of need,
completely independent of cellular phone or
wireless coverage. For more information on
how SPOT LLC is helping users live to tell about
it (SM) – from disaster preparedness to outdoor
adventure purposes – visit
www.findmespot.com.
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