A fishing trip could have ended in disaster when a family’s boat sank - but Inmarsat’s global satellite handheld phone IsatPhone Pro was part of their safety kit.
A mayday call was put out over a VHF radio and everyone was told to jump overboard. Sailor James Dutton grabbed the IsatPhone Pro his wife Misty had bought only five days before.
Floating in the sea, James rang home on the satellite phone. He was also able to send his GPS co-ordinates to his wife who then sent them onto the coast guard. The couple were able to carry on speaking to each other for more than 30 minutes.
James was able to tell his wife he could see their rescuer approaching and put her mind at rest before he disconnected the call.
Source: Inmarsat.com
Geologists spend a lot of time exploring for oil and gas in places where even basic communications are not available. With BGAN and IsatPhone Pro, geologists don’t ever have to be out of touch, as both these services work globally.
Exploration teams can send test data, still images and video to the lab for immediate analysis and results, wherever they’re working with a BGAN. All you need to access the satellite internet broadband data service is a highly compact and portable BGAN terminal and a laptop. The portable terminals fit easily inside a backpack alongside a laptop and take less than five minutes to get online, with no technical expertise needed.
For voice calls, geologists can be equipped with our global satellite phone, IsatPhone Pro. It’s purpose built for reliable and clear voice calls, voicemail and messaging and, with its GPS capability, you can pinpoint their position anywhere in the world and send it in an email or text message.
Contact us to find out more about the highly attractive pricing packages that are available for exploration projects, that include BGAN and IsatPhone Pro.
Inmarsat has been named Best Satellite Broadband Provider in South Asia, the Middle East and
North Africa for the third year in a row.
Presented at the annual Samena 2011 Telecommunications Council summit, the award recognises leadership and astute commercial operation in the region.
Helene Bazzi, senior area manager, Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia for Inmarsat (pictured above), accepted the accolade from Tom Wilson chief executive, founder and executive MD of the Samena Council at a presentation in Doha, Qatar.
“We are honoured to accept the award for Best Satellite Broadband Provider,” Helene said.
Source: Inmarsat
Please follow any of the procedures below…
· Call 150 and follow voice prompts to enter voucher PIN number details.
· Send SMS to 150 (message – 14-digit voucher PIN code, starting and ending with #)
· Dial 160 followed by 14-digit voucher card PIN code. Press ‘Dial’.
· Key in *150* voucher PIN code # then press the ‘Dial’ button.
A Satellite Phone with a tracking system is just the product that we have been waiting for. Now you will be able to not only call friends and family or even the office from the middle of nowhere, but you will be able to keep track of yourself or have someone keep an eye on you with the built in tracking features in the new Iridium Satellite Phone called the Iridium Extreme.
“A new force in mobile communications has arrived. It is the first phone to combine location awareness, SOS, and market leading toughness. No other satellite phone lets you take so much with you in hand, all over the world.” For more info, have a look at the Iridium Extreme product page.
International roaming doesn’t have to be associated with huge cell phone bills all the time. There is a cheaper solution.
Forbes.com “Travelgeek” Marc Tobias has some advice on how to save money on calls and data from a cruise ship: “My least expensive communications tool is my Iridium satellite phone,” he writes. “It works from virtually any place on Earth.” Travellers without an Iridium phone who use their cell phones onboard might “return to the U.S. and find roaming charges for hundreds or thousands of dollars. …Cellular voice rates can vary but you can expect to pay between $2.49 and $4.99 per minute to make or receive a call, depending upon your home carrier rates.”
Source: Iridium 360
Has someone been playing with your phone or did you select the wrong language? If your satellite phone is displaying an unknown foreign language and you would like to restore it to its original setting then follow the below for the Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone:
- Power on the phone
- Press left soft key for menu
- Press down 6 times for setup, then left soft key for select.
- Press down 3 times for Languages, then left soft key for select.
- Press left soft key for select, then select your language that you would prefer…
Did you know that the Iridium 9555 satellite phone has a built in loud speaker? In order to allow a call to be shared with other people within close proximity to your satphone, you can use the Speakerphone feature. In this mode the speaker in the rear of the phone is used instead of the normal earpiece/receiver.
To use the speakerphone:
- Press then right soft key
- To switch back to the earpiece: Press the right softkey again.
If you having a problem with your Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone Battery draining to quickly then check the below:
- Are you in an area of variable coverage? This uses extra battery power.
- Is your antenna fully extended and correctly angled? Do you have a clear unobstructed view of the sky? This helps use less battery power.
- Is it a new battery? A new battery needs 2 to 3 charge/discharge cycles to attain normal performance.
- Is it an old battery? Battery performance declines after several years of use.
- Are you using your satphone in extreme temperatures? At extreme hot and cold temperatures, battery performance is significantly reduced.
News | GMagid | 
December 1, 2011 8:51 am | 
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