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Cellular Phone Forum / General / GSM / August 2004Satellite Phones
Hello, Is there a newsgroup for satellite phones? I am trying to find out how to call a satellite phone? >I am trying to find out how to >call a satellite phone? Dial the number! -- John S. e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net > Hello, > Is there a newsgroup for satellite phones? I am trying to find out how to > call a satellite phone? The closest thing to a satellite phone newsgroup is a mail list ("satphone") on Yahoo Groups (groups.yahoo.com). Most satellite phones are dialed as international numbers having their own country codes (e.g. +870, +8816, etc). Some are called as local or wireless numbers. Others may be called by dialing an access number then dialing the satellite phone number. It depends on the satellite service and phone.  SignatureDonald Newcomb DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net >> Hello, >> Is there a newsgroup for satellite phones? I am trying to find out how to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >numbers. Others may be called by dialing an access number then dialing the >satellite phone number. It depends on the satellite service and phone. With some, the user just puts their GSM SIM card in it, so you just dial their normal GSM number. > >> Hello, > >> Is there a newsgroup for satellite phones? I am trying to find out how to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > With some, the user just puts their GSM SIM card in it, so you just > dial their normal GSM number. I think that's the Thuraya. It works in Europe, northern Africa and the mideast. The Globalstar works on conventional analog cellular and CDMA as you would find on Sprint or VZW. Googling Thuraya or Globalstar will provide a lot on info. Immarsat and Irridium are the others I know of. SignatureThomas M. Goethe > I think that's the Thuraya. It works in Europe, northern Africa and the > mideast. The Globalstar works on conventional analog cellular and CDMA as > you would find on Sprint or VZW. Googling Thuraya or Globalstar will provide > a lot on info. Immarsat and Irridium are the others I know of. The "analog/CDMA" GlobalStar phones are a GlobalStar NA oddity. The rest of the world uses GSM/Globalstar and many GSM carriers have roaming agreements with the regional GlobalStar service provider. e.g. Many European GSM carriers roam with Elsacom (sp?), the Italian central-European ground-station. So you can just drop your GSM SIM in a GlobalStar phone and roam within that region. Outside that region it would have to be a different roaming agreement, which may or may not exist. SignatureDonald Newcomb DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net I stand corrected on the GSM/Globalstar phone. though GSM was completely dead in the Hurricane Charley area for the first few days, but I would have been thrilled to have had some CDMA/analog/Globalstar phones for our folks. There was CDMA and analog service available, even my VZW Airprime PC 5220 worked, though slower than usual. T-Mobile did come back about four days later, but our AT&T phones were still dead at that point. didn't bother with it after that. SignatureThomas M. Goethe > > I think that's the Thuraya. It works in Europe, northern Africa and > the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > roam within that region. Outside that region it would have to be a different > roaming agreement, which may or may not exist. | Hello, | Is there a newsgroup for satellite phones? I am trying to find out how to | call a satellite phone? You won't find Osama that way. He stopped using his years ago. > Hello, > Is there a newsgroup for satellite phones? I am trying to find out how to > call a satellite phone? Do you know anyone who has a satellite phone ? If so, just ask them for their number and dial away. SignatureMichael Turner Email (ROT13) zvxr.gheare1963@ivetva.arg |
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