whataboutthefacts • Looks like Google is getting a little nervous over the great potential Globalstar has of becoming a big competitor.
It seems Globalstar's successful real world test in Chicago, at a Chicago university campus, has attracted Google's attention, causing Google to send a second ex parte to Globalstar's proceeding .
The last time Globalstar attracted Google's attention was right after Globalstar's successful demonstration, that's when Google sent its first ex parte to Globalstar's 13-213 proceeding.
But it appears that Google is taking a halfhearted approach toward Globalstar, as if leaving itself room for business negotiation.
A closer look at Google's ex parte's shows that Google is not even putting up a real serious effort against Globalstar.
Globalstar's proceeding is just about two years old, and during those two years Google has only sent two ex parte's to the FCC addressing Globalstar's 13-213 proceeding.
The FCC record shows that Google has not taking the time to meet with any of the commissioners or their staff, on the eight floor, nor have they taking the time to meet with any of the chiefs of the bureaus or their staff concerning Globalstar 13-213 proceeding.
They haven't even had a discussion via telephone with them.
If you look at Google's participation in other proceedings, you will see that Google has taken a more serious approach, it shows them meeting with the different commissioners and their staff and the bureau chiefs. Even their lawyers are involved, but that's not the case when it come to Globalstar.
Base on factual history, it might be that Google is doing what Google and other business do, one day you see them as enemy competitors, another day they're working out some business deal.
Something to chew on: A company, with annual revenues of $70 billion and a market valuation of over $400 billion and a stock price that is about $650 a share, giving its attention to what some will term as a penny stock company. That along is an attention grabber!
