An AP newswire article by Bruce Myerson, via Yahoo! News,
reports that:
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By Thursday, nearly 10,000 satellite-based wireless phones had poured into the hurricane zone to coordinate relief efforts by federal disaster personnel and Red Cross workers, said service providers Globalstar LLC and Iridium Satellite LLC.
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050902/ap_on_hi_te/katrina_telecom
- ferg