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The U.S. Forest Service bought 6,000 GPS devices from Globalstar’s...

The U.S. Forest Service bought 6,000 GPS devices from Globalstar’s Spot. The devices are “rugged, pocket-sized satellite-based personal trackers that work in places where cell phones and two way radios fail,” Spot said. USFS will use the units for employee…

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safety, it said. Spot messenger devices initiated more than 1,800 rescues since they were introduced in 2007, Spot said.