SatComms has the solution for using your 9505A Iridium satellite phone indoors and outdoors. Just dock your Iridium phone in our Docking Station and you can use satellite communications with standard analog phone sets or your company’s PBX system*. When you need to leave the office, just undock your handset and take it with you. Never be out of touch again!
Features and Equipment
RJ11 Connect. – Connects to an analog phone (single or PBX) including multi-handset wireless phones. Use of a cordless phone with expandable handsets can provide up to eight units within a two-mile range (unobstructed) from the base station.
Hands-Free Connect. - Headset/microphone jack offers audio enhancement circuitry to provide excellent voice quality.
Data Port Connect. - RS232 port for data connections. Compatible with Iridium’s Direct Internet 2.0 and fax adapter.
Built-In Antenna Holder – Convenient antenna storage while docked.
Iridium certified product. Additional approvals and certifications include CE and IEC 60945
Advanced Features
“Smart Dialing.”
The Docking Station knows the correct format for the country that is being dialed and places the call once the number is entered. Smart Dialing eliminates the superfluous “00″ IDD code (no more international dialing sequence).
Simple Operation.
The Docking Station combines clear LED status lights with the Iridium handset’s graphical display for setup, troubleshooting, programming, and operation.
Base Station Ringer. Audible ringing to alert of incoming calls.
Versatile Power Input.
10-32VDC input range supports power systems on most vehicles and vessels. An included universal power adapter allows 100/240VAC, 47/63 Hz operation. A DC vehicle adapter is also included.
Antenna Options.
Can be used with many antennas, including fixed-mast, mobile fixed-mount, and mobile magnetic-mount models.
*Depending on the model you choose.
Inmarsat’s second-generation Inmarsat-2 F4 satellite has been switched off – just days short of its 20th birthday.
The spacecraft was built by a British Aerospace consortium with a projected operational lifespan of 10 years.
The final ‘switch-off’ command to Inmarsat-2 F4 was sent at 08.08 UTC on 5 April from Inmarsat’s satellite control centre in London.
The spacecraft now rests safely in a satellite ‘graveyard’ 660kms (410 miles) above its former location in geosynchronous orbit.
Since its launch in April 1992, F4 has supported a range of key services, including our pioneering Inmarsat A system and its digital successor.
But last year it developed a problem with one of its two solar arrays and services were transferred to another Inmarsat satellite so decommissioning could begin.
Source: Inmasat.com
Inmarsat has received a major industry leadership award, being named Satellite Services Provider of the Year for the second consecutive year. 
The accolade was bestowed at a special ceremony at the Digital Studio Industry Leadership Awards in Dubai.
The awards were attended by many of the Middle East¿s leading professionals from key industries – especially the media and TV and film production companies.
Premium services
“It’s a great honour to receive this award for the second time,” said Helene Bazzi, Inmarsat head of regional development for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
“We see it as great recognition of our efforts towards offering the best services possible to professionals and organisations in the region.
“Inmarsat has gone to great lengths to develop our premium satellite services, which uses one of the most reliable satellite communications network in the world to provide global coverage for users to broadcast live news from wherever they may be.”
Rely on technology
Helene added that many organisations and individuals rely on our technology, especially in emergencies, so it needs to be the best it can be – delivering when and where it’s required, which is something Inmarsat strives to achieve.
In its eighth year, the Digital Studio Industry Leadership Awards recognise the efforts of individuals and companies that have contributed to the growth of the broadcast and production industry in the region.
Source: www.inmarsat.com
Competitors in the Dakar Rally and photographers covering the gruelling motorsports event relied on Inmarsat for critical connectivity.
Many competing teams had the benefit of IsatPhone Pro global satellite phones, with several also carrying Inmarsat BGAN terminals.
The Dakar Rally is recognised as one of the toughest events in motorsports.
Of the 443 motorbikes, quad bikes, cars and trucks that started the race in Mar del Plata in Argentina on 1 January, only 249 made it over the finish line in Lima, Peru.
Continuing a longstanding relationship, Inmarsat again provided the Brazilian Petrobas Lubrax team with IsatPhone Pro and BGAN.
The satellite phone proved itself to be an essential piece of equipment. Clutch failure could have put the team’s truck out of the running, but a call to engineers in Brazil from the middle of the desert put them back on track to achieve eighth place overall – the best ever result for a Brazilian team.
And when the Petrobas Lubrax car was involved in an accident on a sand dune, IsatPhone Pro allowed the driver to contact the support truck for assistance.
The latest IsatPhone Pro firmware from Inmarsat allows your IsatPhone Pro to work as an emergency personal alert device. The personal alert feature allows users to send their GPS coordinates and short message to predetermined recipients. Each message sent is charged separately.
It is easy to set up and activate the personal alert on the IsatPhone Pro satellite phone. Make sure that you have the latest version of the IsatPhone Pro firmware. To check your firmware, choose menu > settings > about. You should have firmware version v5.0.0 or higher.
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.
News | GMagid | 
May 4, 2012 8:01 am | 
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