A Swiss tourist attempting a solo ski to the North Pole has got trapped on ice in the Russian Arctic, the local emergency situations department said Friday.Rescuers said Tomas Ulrich might have to be urgently evacuated but the rescue efforts would be complicated by severe southern gales, which could crash Ulrich’s ice floe against others. [...]

UK. Flanagan’s SatCom phone keeps him in touch at Cape Horn
Adrian Flanagan, currently mid way through his solo global circumnavigation of the world, is keeping in touch and sending his reports back to the UK with the help of a satellite phone donated by SatCom Distribution.
SatCom, a leading global distributor of satellite communications equipment, has [...]

Skype’s rate to the USA is just around 2 cents a minute.
Prices to other outposts are also excellent: for example, about 2 cents a minute each to make calls to France and Italy, about 37 cents a minute to phone Iraq. Incidentally, calls made on Skype to Turks and Caicos phones cost 17 cents a [...]

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)).

Secret data involving codes and exercise programs for the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) has been leaked online through the file exchange software Winny, it has been learned.
Sources said that a personal computer of an official from the Asayuki naval ship that belongs to the MSDF Sasebo base was infected with a computer virus, leading to [...]

I talked about the advantages and the disadvantages of satellite phone. And yes, it really happens.
LONDON, February 21 (IranMania) – A police commander said in South Khorassan province that three armed bandits were killed in clashes with police forces Monday afternoon, said IRNA.
Colonel Bashir Ramezani told IRNA that the bandits had escaped from the police [...]

SatCom, a leading global distributor of satellite communications equipment, has been appointed Distributor for the Navisystem Maritime Antenna, which combines a satellite modem and satellite television reception in one antenna
The Navisystem can receive up to 12 satellites at the same time and can be linked to an unlimited number of decoders to meet the needs [...]

Iridium Satellite is planning to supply mobile satellite phone systems for an intrepid group of amateur “ham” radio operators who are undertaking a DXpedition which is to establish up nine temporary radio stations near Antarctica. The radio site will be operational on Peter I Island for approximately two weeks in February.

Thuraya do offer satellite phone rental and purchase. It includes a lot of accessories.
But, before you swith phone, do consider about the advantages and disadvantages.
Satphones also have the advantages. Nowadays, satellite phones became very important. Satellite pohnes have come as a big boon for reporters, explorers, archaeologists and the like.
Basically anyone who has to work [...]

Globalstar is just another player in a satellite phone arena. So do you wanna consider about having one satphone instead of your current cellular phone?
The main difference between satellite phone and mobile phone is that while your mobile phone communicates with the nearest base station, a satellite phone communicates with the nearest satellite. With satphone, [...]