Globalstar Inc. (country codes +881 8 and +881 9)
Communication of 5.XII.2006:

Globalstar Inc., Milpitas, announces that in 1999 Globalstar started implementing the GMSS numbering plan following the guidelines included in ITU’s Report COM 2-R 66-E, October 1999 – Characteristics of Global Mobile Satellite Systems (GMSSs) as Applicants for E.164 Numbering Resources (Version 2.0, 27 September 1999, as agreed by WG 1/2) and the ITU RecommendationE.164.1. (1998), section 8, dealing with country codes and associated identification codes for networks.

Globalstar provided a plan to split the assigned code between the different service providers. This plan included the assignment of the 8818 followed by the Country Code (CC) of the country being served by the service provider. The Globalstar numbering plan adheres to the E.164 plan with the exception of Brazil which uses 7 as a country code and Russia which uses 55 as a country code. In addition, the Globalstar service providers had to request local numbering plan from the served country regulatory authorities.

In order to deliver mobile terminated calls to subscribers in these numbering plans originated from international carrier networks, these calls need to be delivered to the following Globalstar’s service providers and their respective international carriers.

The table below describes the Globalstar service providers that have implemented the GMSS numbering plan:

GMSS / Country code / Country, geographical area or global service / Globalstar service provider / Gateway operator/
serving gateway / International carrier
881 8
881 9 / 39 / Italy / Elsacom / Avezzano, Italy / Telecom Italia
Sparkle
881 8 / 20 / Egypt / Globalstar Avrasya / Ogulbey, Turkey / Teleglobe
881 8 / 7 / Brazil / Globalstar do Brasil / Petrolina, Brazil
Presidente Prudente, Brazil
Manaus, Brazil / EMBRATEL
881 8
881 9 / 90 / Turkey / Globalstar Avrasya / Ogulbey, Turkey / Teleglobe

Globalstar kindly requests those administrations that have not already done so, to open these codes to ensure that customers are able to reach these Globalstar service providers using the 8818 and 8819 country codes.

You can reach these switches through the following test numbers:

Brazil  +881 8 71120318
Turkey/Egypt  +881 8 2009 999 600

Calls to these numbers will validate the routing of the above mentioned Globalstar ground stations.

Contact:

Mr Alfonso L. Bravo
Sr. System Engineer, Network Architecture
Globalstar Inc.
461 S Milpitas Blvd
MILPITAS, CA 95035
United States
Tel: +1 408 933 4490
Mobile: +1 408 768 6889
Fax: +1 408 933 4957
E-mail:
URL: www.globalstar.com