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Vern
""Had my Strat flown in 2005, what do you think the shareprice would be today? I believe it would have been near $60/share""
I guess that makes you the $6Billion Man.
What a terrible 'bionic' mistake GTEM have made..I think Sanswire should contract Stratodyne Inc immediately
schnizzle
Mig - you are implying you have a 'bat phone' or something linked to Mr Peralta, surely not!
Care to elaborate?
schnizzle
....
"Most large conglomerates run credit checks before engaging fly-by-night companies in contracts. I can only imagine what GTEM's Dunn & Bradstreet report looks like right now"
A case of the 'Pot calling the Kettle' me thinks
schnizzle
Mr Koenig
you say "Uli has IN FACT filed a counter-suit against GTEM".
Well I say show me the PROOF!
For someone who previously worked at GTEM on THE FIRST 'strat'- it looks like bad sour grapes that you refer to S2 as a balloon that won't hold gas. I mean 'how HIGH' did your S1 get off the ground?
I also find it strange that you now have so much disdain for anything 'Stratellite' related. Can you please explain why your own corporation contains the letters S..T...R..A..T in it's name - or is this PURE COINCIDENCE?
schnizzle
Mig
"Right now those short on this stock are chewing on their finger nails. They have NO clue as to what is going on."
LET'S BE HONEST US LONGS ARE IN THE SAME BOAT!
schnizzle
Sam
A balloon "FLOATS"
Agreed!
BUT
A Stratellite/Skysat equipped with Elisra 'station keeping' capabilities is a completely different proposition (and I think you know this already)- A balloon "FLOATS" while an airship has the capacity to control it's movement....well isn't that what the Elisra tie-up is all about??
What have you got when you strap a 'Hotzone' to a 65000ft 'geo-synchronous Baloon', in other words a STRATELLITE?
Answer (in case you don't know) - an extremely attractive, pardigm shifting, commercially attractive communications platform beaming 'Wireless Broadband', 'on demand IPTV'to the masses who lack existing 'terrestrial' access network infrastructure.
Oh and of course we mustn't forget the Military & Border Surv applications should we - what with bolted on Optics, US Mil 'ISAR sensing', Crypto WiMAX communications etc, SBINet etc etc.
Sam - the opportunities are endless. PLease try to think outside the box.
schnizzle
SAM
It's "SkySat" NOT "SkyScat".
I think the GTEM marketing machine will have trouble marketing that one
schnizzle
sirius -
It depends how big Vern' friends garage is.
It might be a very very big garage
schnizzle
Sam
a BALLOON is a BALLOON is a BALLOON is a BALLOON . . .
well yeah I agree, AND!
a SKYSAT is a SKYSAT is a SKYSAT
and
a STRATELLITE is a STRATELLITE is a STRATELLITE
In your own words..."Elisra Electronic Systems Ltd., one of the world's leading providers of superior, battlefield proven solutions with almost a half-century of experience, today announced that they have agreed to establish working teams with a view to identify domestic US and international defense, law enforcement, emergency and Homeland Security business channels and applications under a teaming agreement"
Elisra's own due diligence into GTEM tells me that they don't think GTEM's goal of realising SKYSAT and/or STRAT is such a JOKE without credibility!
I'll be HOLDING either way
schnizzle
Vern -
From your privileged vantage point, could you tell us how NMC is being marketed down in Pachuca state?
How did we get those 70 or so subscribers in the first place?
thanks in advance
schnizzle
Nerd
- you would think that if NMC had begun marketing the network to sign up new subscribers in Pachuca, then we could find reference to that by trawling the www
Either NMC aren't ready to sign up customers yet (they are not marketing it yet), or if they are then they are marketing it under an entirely different brand name
I am beginning to wonder whether NMC is only going to be the JV Operating Company name. Instead the Hotzone WiFi service maybe being branded under an establised Peralta brand name...???
schnizzle
cool...
it is possible that NMC have restricted access to their Web Server from only certain 'permitted' IP Address ranges - i.e those geographically originating in Mexico.
Put simply any request from countries outside Mexico can be blocked. This can be done by configuration on the web server itself or on a firewall.
Here's a Microsoft topic you may be interested in.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows2000/en/server/iis/htm/core/iiacnsc.htm
Apache webservers also have this capability
My guess is GTEM may be doing this 'at the moment' for commercial reasons (and why not?).
schnizzle
No Mas Cables (the JV Operating company) might be being marketed in Mexico under a completely different 'brand name' for all we know
schnizzle
He is a man of his word...
Sanswire 1 is up there now successfully operating at 65000ft. Has been for 18 months
schnizzle
Design
The vision remains for me as well...
A 'strat' with a Hotzone under it's belly = $$$$$$$$$
schnizzle
Cole Thornton you said "The "vision" of blanketing the globe with HAAs at 65,000 feet and changing the way the world communicates is as dead as the agreement with NASA"
No way dude, this is a frontier yet to be conquered by the big telcos. First man to get there prints the $$$$ - i'll bet my house on it
You really ought to 'Google' 4G and learn about the global implications of WiMAX and use of HAA platforms. This technology will complement existing terrestrial 'wireless' techs such as 3G/GSM/CDMA.
Here's some useful DD
http://www.4g.co.uk/
schnizzle
crash - I also believe that Inverse SAR applications can be bolted on the skysat for surveilllance purposes. This application of the technology may replace/complement existing UAV tech
see link below:-
http://fas.org/irp/program/collect/tesar.htm
My guess is the Skysat will be designed to operate around 15000 feet
schnizzle
Cole
I can imagine that the uptake of subscribers is going well...very well actually!
http://www.wikicover.com/HotZone
schnizzle
Not to worry SoG
At least today's PR should help to de-rail anyone attempting a 'hostile takeover' of GTEM. I don't see the PPS hitting $0.10 any time soon do you?
schnizzle
Look again...you posted ELST instead of ESLT
No big deal,
schnizz
Rhaps . Just correcting you on the ticker, a genuine error I am sure
http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/summaryquote.asp?symbol=ESLT%60&selected=ESLT%60
Glad to see that the Co didn't dip on the GTEM tie-up announcement
schnizzle
lol - I'll wait for the financials - which hopefully we'll see in August
But it'll be too late then won't it? 10mil won't by 5% of the company if Miguellara's prediction of $3 is to be believed
schnizzle
IMO Vern is attempting to purport that there is some major conspiracy with GTEM going on - he'll have you believe he knows the ins and outs of exactly how this will end, which is why he is telling every single one of us to get out while we still can.
The flip side IMO is that Vern is really pi**** that the development of the stratellite is moving forward without him, something he left behind after Sans 1. May I suggest also that Uli is feeling as equally p***** that Hotzone promises to do the same. GTEM will get the Hotzone and Skysat contracts with the Military and not Trimax (gameover maybe??)
I would hypothesize as well that Trimax may have 'other' backing (hhhm LM perhaps), and the boys over there (Uli & Lawrence) are using Vern (their ex-GTEM man) as a 'credible' mouth piece to scare us longs to all sell. Say the PPS goes to $0.10 then it doesn't take too many greenbacks (say $10million - a figure touted by Vern as needed to settle Uli's pending libel action against GTEM, how convenient) to acquire most of the stock. The result of this means they, as majority stakeholders gain control of the company....afterall there are no bond holders to worry about, and who cares about the $0.5 million or so GTEM may need to payback Dell, the Hangar rent, the Mobile Phones and the Utility bills
Vern are you on a promise by any chance. If you pull this one off do you stand to get your hands on the Skysat?
All the above IMO of course, but it has me thinking...
schnizzle
Perhaps I should dump my useless GTEM bag and invest in this company:-
http://www.stratodyne.com/
It IPO'ed on the Nasdaq in 2006, although I can't find the ticker! Can anyone oblige please!!
This company has a load of hush hush Mil 'black projects' which are bound to deliver. Rumour has it the company is looking to buy up all GTEM 'common stock' to force a hostile takeover..
hhm
schnizzle
Apparently Mexico is the most expensive place for Broadband (out of a list of 30 'developed' countries).
see link below
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6900697.stm
Let's hope No Mas Cables can change this...and they can release some subscriber numbers soon!
schnizzle
OMG....the prospect of a creditor backed rescue and new BoD at the helm comprising Koenig (CEO), Uli (CTO), Joe M (COO) and Michael Sands (Director Investor Relations) is truly terrifying....IMO you boyz (ex Sands) had your chance and failed to deliver on every count. That's why Huff is where he is today.
BY my reckoning talk of creditor direct action won't succeed..any judge will give GTEM 18 months to sort out payment of the Electricity bill anyway! see link below:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4342900.stm
This is just more of the same old scare mongering by a bunch of dis-gruntled EX-EMPLOYEES. Time to move on with your lives Gentlemen!!
schnizzle
If it was, GTEM ain't part of it:-
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=5444
schnizzle
sell sell sell!
lol
schnizzle
This does not surprise me. I said this a while ago (Post 65897)
"One needs to question the presence of the the Mobile operators GPRS/UMTS Networks. Where there is a gap..is where GTEM fits"
Peralta knows this......he's done his DD in terms of market analysis and knows GTEM 'serves a purpose'. Rollout speed is key...as Mexico's incumbents won't be caught off guard for long. They'll be looking to infill their coverage like nobody's business asap.
Looks like Iusacell it 'reacting' to GTEM' presence right now. GTEM is a threat afterall
schnizzle
By the way 'eqbeck' GPRS is 'always on' (and NOT Mobile dial-up)
Here is breakdown of a typical UMTS Basestation Installation - i.e the Basestation + Sectorised Antenna System. Figures quoted are 'man hours'. This is 'generic' for a 3rd generation UMTS basestation. Hotzone installs will likely be simpler in terms of the Transceiver units themselves, but the antennas should be about right. Excludes 'civil steelworks' - i.e Installation of Poles, Plinths for mounting kit
Node B Installation & Commissioning
Travelling to/from site & waiting time 6.00
Toilet breaks/stoppages 1.00
Install radio cabinets 3.00
Install grounding cables & connections 2.00
Install Transmission cables 1.00
Install Batteries & Test (4 pieces) 2.00
Jumper 1 to 3 sectors cables -
Power up & record hardware verification test 1.00
Preparation for Integration
Overhead time
Travelling to/from site & waiting time 3.00
Toilet breaks/stoppages 0.50
Site Preparation
Load RBS specific script 0.50
Onsite Work
"Call/wait for Netowrk Ops to verify RNC ready,
verify transmission connection (at NodeB DDF)" 1.00
Power up & set Alarms unit using GCU 1.00
Load script in RBS & verify LEDs and local Cell 1.00
On site additional tests 0.50
Antenna System Installation - per sector
Travelling to/from site & waiting time 6.00
Toilet breaks/stoppages 1.00
Installation
"1. Install and align complete antenna system
1 sector (excludes main feeders), Label, seal inlets " 4.00
2. Test 1 sector - Perform sweep test and log results 1.00
Task Man/Hours (incl travelling time) 12.00
Draw your own conclusions for GTEM! Source = my own experience working within Mobile Industry, when working on a bid. This was fixed price per basestation, so obviously average travelling time neededto be factored in etc
schnizzle
based on that little snippet! looks like that's an option anyway and power consumption is not an issue for 'certain' deployments.
But I guess we all agree the need for a power source on site in the first instance is a requirement...and yes Nerd' solar idea is perfectly feasible, long established in the Mobile arena:-
http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=7499_7429_23
schnizzle
Nerd/eqbeck
In the absence of detailed technicals on the Hotzone basestation, you might want to refer to Vivato's kit instead and draw your own conclusions;-
http://www.vivato.net/datasheet/VP2210_Datasheet_Jan2005.pdf
You'll see their outdoor basestation runs on -48v DC which is virtually industry standard for outdoor GSM/UMTS basestations also. The typical config here is to take an input a.c. supply and rectify it to -48v DC, ususally with a bank of back up batteries (depending on site criticality)...i.e. a hub site 'WiMAX relay' would constitute an important site in my mind.
I know the Hotzone 'outdoor' basestation does have an RJ45 ethernet port, but there would still need to be a central ethernet hub on-site to provide the power in the first place (obvious really!), if Power over Ethernet was used, and then of course there are power consumption issues to consider!
schnizzle
oh dear oh dear!
and where does the 'ethernet' get it's power from?
schnizzle
each Hotzone will require a Local electricity board supply
sirius
There are hundreds of posts on this board discussing and analyzing the HotZone technology, the manufacturing/distribution agreement with Uli, etc.
YES, YES & YES.
...Based on an agreement at this point in time does not seem (I speculate) to be 100% harmonious.
Do you think Khoury is on Bob Jones Xmas card list,, or Huff for that matter. This is BUSINESS where only $$$$ count. If Uli feels he is getting shafted and was offered $5million by say Huawei tomorrow he'd bite their hand-off
schnizzle
sirius - please re-align me on my wild speculations by stating what the real case is.
Given that I am 'long' I would welcome any 'gems of information' from posters 'in the know' who can reassure me (in the absence of formal financial statements from GTEM) that my investment is safe
TIA
schnizzle
So Tim has gone from CEO > CTO > Social Security has he?
I will speculate now and say he'll be back in the same 'arena'
schnizzle
sirius - In the absence of facts from the company the whole purpose of this board is to 'throw open' what may or may NOT be the situation inside the company and what it's commercial relationships and revenue earning opportunities are.
My previous statement is not fact (everyone knows that), but it is NOT beyond the realms of possibility. You know that!
I don't know Tim personally, but I have exchnaged emails with him myself. As a Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) he also has my CV - but that's another story
schnizzle
What you say is true Nerd -
The last thing I want is this fledgling tie up between GTEM and Trimax to end in acrimony. This is one 'supply chain' GTEM really need.
You would think GTEM and Trimax would be on the same page in terms of who can market ownership of what - which right now seems they are not!
schnizzle
yep - that's what I am saying. If Huff can cut his losses too and recoup them elsewhere, then he'll do just that!
Just because the JV has commenced with Hotzone, doesn't mean it will finish with Hotzone. Telcos around the globe often adopt a mutlivendor strategy or even 'throw out' a vendor in favour of another for any number of reasons...
It is not good that this little spat between GTEM and Trimax over Hotzone 4000 rights has manifested itself so early on.
there is no smoke without fire as they say
schnizzle