Eagle Broadband Inc., a provider of broadband, IP and communications technology and services, has launched the SatMAX Alpha Emergency Communications System (Alpha ECS), a portable, Iridium-based satellite phone emergency communications system designed for disaster recovery, crisis management and emergency preparedness.

Via TelecomAsia

The Enhanced Mobile Satellite Service (EMSS) Iridium Handset Series 9505 satellite telephone is a lightweight, handheld Future Narrow Band Digital Terminal (FNBDT) compatible device designed to provide users worldwide secure voice connectivity in mobile environments as well as secure voice connectivity to desktop STU-IIIs and compatible equipment (e.g. Secure Terminal Equipment (STEs)).

Units desiring to procure additional Enhanced Mobile Satellite Service (EMSS) Iridium Handset Series 9505 and ISMs will do so through DISA’s Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO).

During that time, ham radio operators all over the world will have an opportunity to log calls to the station. Also, through the Iridium satellite network El Al Airlines will introduce a new in-flight calling-card telephone service that will provide worldwide telephone connections. El Al will offer the calling service for passengers in all classes on its fleet of Boeing 767 long-haul passenger jets, and expects to complete the installations on all of the 767s early in 2006.

My thought:

This is cool. I hope someday, we will have no barrier to call anybody from anywhere. This will beat the conventional phone operator.

When will it happen? Next 10 years? I don’t know. We’ll wait and see.

Via: WirelessInsightAsia

Iridium is one of the earliest satellite phone provider / operator. They have a lot of compatible model to choose from.

A satellite phone, just like Iridium is mainly helpful when the regular communication lines are down like when people are travelling to remote areas or in a disaster-struck areas and another thing is in oil & gas industries.

For instance, when the tsunami hits Indonesia, earthquake struck Indonesia, Pakistan and the northern part of India last year, both the landline and the mobile network came to a standstill. None of the cellphone is working. That’s too bad. The Government then decided to set up 110 satellite phone booths to ensure connectivity for everybody.

It’s also for their safety.

The Iridium satellite constellation is a system of 66 active communication satellites and spares around the Earth. The system was originally to have 77 active satellites, and was named for the element iridium, which has atomic number 77. Iridium allows worldwide voice and data communications using handheld devices. The service is interdicted for political reasons in North Korea and Northern Sri Lanka.

Via Wikipedia

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