Globalstar Works With Advisers to Explore Potential Sale

  • Company won FCC approval for wireless spectrum use last year
  • Sale would follow Verizon’s $3.1 billion Straight Path deal
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Globalstar Inc., which won U.S. approval to use its satellite airwaves for mobile broadband service, is working with financial advisers on a potential sale, people familiar with the matter said.

Shares climbed 15.2 percent to $2.20 in New York at 1:35 p.m., giving the company a market value of about $2.5 billion.