New Globalstar Gateway Online in Caribbean; Puerto Rican Ground Station Brings Caribbean Calls Home.

Business Editors

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2000

Vodafone Group Plc subsidiaries, Globalstar USA and Globalstar Caribbean, the exclusive providers of Globalstar's satellite-based mobile communications in the United States and Caribbean, today announced the opening of a new satellite ground station, or "gateway" in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.

The new facility improves access to satellite communications services throughout most of the Caribbean region. Globalstar USA subscribers can now make calls throughout the Caribbean region without incurring international roaming charges. For those customers calling to the United States from the Caribbean, long distance charges are included in their current service pricing plan. Additionally, service is available through this gateway to customers of all Globalstar service providers who have roaming agreements in place with Globalstar USA. The Caribbean region previously received roaming coverage through beam overreach from the Globalstar gateway in Los Velasquez, Venezuela, provided by TE.SA.M. (Telecommunications par Satellites Mobiles).

"With Globalstar, the Caribbean finally has a wireless telecommunications service providing region-wide coverage," said Porfirio Suarez, manager of sales and distribution for Globalstar Caribbean. "Globalstar services in the Caribbean simplify mobile communications here, since obtaining cellular coverage from island to island can be very challenging. Globalstar works clearly throughout the islands and ocean areas of the Caribbean with one phone number and no roaming charges for Globalstar USA customers."

The multi-million dollar Cabo Rojo gateway is the 24th gateway in the Globalstar system and took nearly two years to complete. The investment of time and resources in the development of this new facility demonstrates Vodafone's ongoing commitment to its satellite services operations throughout North America and the world. The opening of this gateway follows the recent initiation of service at the new Globalstar gateway in Ogulbey, Turkey, operated by Globalstar service provider TE.SA.M.

Globalstar Caribbean offers handheld, mobile and fixed satellite phones, accessories and services significant to the regional leisure maritime and tourism markets, as well as local commercial fishing, construction, manufacturing, financial services, agribusiness, and natural resource industries. Through Globalstar, governments and local telecommunications operators with Universal Service requirements now have an alternative for basic communications services to remote villages and low population density areas through payphones or fixed terminals.

Globalstar also serves government, armed forces, public safety, health services and disaster relief organizations requiring reliable communications covering 100% of their sovereign land and territorial waters, and complements existing land-based communications systems. Globalstar value-added services currently include voicemail, with data services becoming available next month. The new Caribbean coverage area includes:

Anguilla Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Dominican Republic French Antilles (including Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Barthelemy, and

St. Martin) Grenada Haiti Jamaica Montserrat Navassa Island (US) Netherlands Antilles (including Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Maarten,

St. Eustatius) Puerto Rico St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos US Virgin Islands (US)

Availability

Individuals and businesses can purchase Globalstar phones and service through Globalstar USA and Globalstar Caribbean distributors. A list of more than 700 dealer locations throughout the U.S. and Caribbean can be found by visiting our web site at: www.globalstarusa.com, or phones can be purchased directly by calling 1-877-SATPHONE (877-728-7466) or [phone].

About Globalstar USA/Caribbean

As the exclusive Globalstar service providers in the United States and the Caribbean, Globalstar USA and Globalstar Caribbean are responsible for marketing, selling and distributing mobile satellite communication service, including billing and customer care operations, as well as building and operating the United States and Caribbean ground stations, or "gateways," which switch calls to and from the satellite to the land-based public switched telephone network. Globalstar USA and Globalstar Caribbean are wholly owned subsidiaries of Vodafone Group Plc. (NYSE:VOD) and are two of many service providers and partners that make up the Globalstar Limited Partnership (Nasdaq:GSTRF), the partnership of the world's leading telecommunications service providers and equipment manufactures that built, owns and operates the satellite network. For more information visit our website at www.globalstarusa.com.

About Vodafone Group Plc.

Vodafone Group Plc. is the world's largest leading wireless communications company, based in the United Kingdom. Vodafone has mobile operations in 25 countries on five continents, with more than 65 million proportionate cellular customers. Vodafone, through its subsidiaries and joint ventures, is the service provider for Globalstar in a total of 15 countries across North America, the Caribbean, Europe, Southern Africa and Australia. Vodafone has an approximate eight-percent holding in the Globalstar Limited Partnership. For more information on Vodafone Group Plc., visit www.vodafone.com.