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 Recommendation E.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 881 8 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
881 8
881 9
881 8
39
Italy
Elsacom
Avezzano, Italy
20
Egypt
Ogulbey, Turkey
881 8
7
Brazil
Globalstar
Avrasya
Globalstar do
Brasil
881 8
881 9
90
Turkey
Globalstar
Avrasya
Petrolina, Brazil
Presidente Prudente,
Brazil
Manaus, Brazil
Ogulbey, Turkey
International carrier
Telecom Italia
Sparkle
Teleglobe
EMBRATEL
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 881 8 and 881 9 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: alfonso.bravo@globalstar.com
URL: www.globalstar.com