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Sky Station International
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World Radio Conference
Authorizes Global Frequency for Sky Station International's Stratospheric
Telecommunications System GENEVA-November 21, 1997 -- Sky Station International, Inc., a Washington, D.C. based telecommunications firm, announced today that 142 countries attending the 1997 World Radiocommunications Conference unanimously approved a global allocation of spectrum for use by its new telecommunications technology which features communications stations located at fixed points in the stratosphere. "This first ever allocation of spectrum to the stratosphere paves the way for a telecommunication's revolution" said Alexander M. Haig, Jr., a Sky Station™ founder and the Chairman of its International Advisory Board. "It was thrilling to watch the world unite behind Sky Station International's breakthrough technology." On November 21, the World Radiocommunications Conference, which meets every two years to review and allocate international radio spectrum, approved the use of 600 MHz of spectrum worldwide by stationary lighter than air platforms. It also announced that the next Conference will consider allocating additional frequencies to stratospheric stations. The worldwide allocation is on track with the FCC's recent authorization of spectrum for use of stratospheric stations in the United States. "These approvals demonstrate worldwide support for Sky Station International's system" stated Richard Butler, former Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union and Chairman of Sky Station Australia, Pty., Ltd. "Sky Station International's new technology promises to bring low cost wireless broadband services to both the developing and the developed worlds, and the [World Radio] conference understood that." Sky Station International, Inc. has developed stationkeeping technology that will enable a solar powered, helium-filled platform, to remain stationary in a fixed location in the stratosphere for long periods of time. A telecommunications payload on board a single Sky Station™ platform can deliver high-speed wireless communications (2 Mbps to 10 Mbps) directly to millions of subscribers in their homes, businesses, and hotel rooms. Sky Station International's partners in the project, Finmeccanica-Alenia Aerospazio of Italy and Thomson-CSF of France, are designing and manufacturing the telecommunications network for the global stratospheric system. The entire infrastructure for a region extending up to 1,000 kilometers across in diameter consists of one Sky Station™ platform and several gateway stations. The low cost of installing this minimal infrastructure will enable Sky Station International to provide advanced telecommunications services at unprecedented low prices. Sky Station International pioneered the development of stratospheric stations and plans to begin deployment of a worldwide network of stations in the year 2000. "With Sky Station International's regulatory approvals at the World Radio Conference, we can now begin building our global system." announced Rene Pellat, former head of CNES, the French space agency, and Chairman of Sky Station France. For further information please contact: Artemis Scantalides, Manager, Corporate Communications
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