Have you purchased or rented a satellite phone and wish to

know about the effective plans for sat phone? If the answer is

yes, then read on. There are actually four sat phone services that

offer their varied plans. In this write-up let us discuss about the

four sat phone services, their advantage and disadvantage.

Thuraya

Thuraya is a highly advanced geo-synchronous mobile satellite

system that offers data and telephony services to the Middle East

region, Northern Africa, The Mediterranean and Europe, thereby

covering more than 120 countries.

Advantage of Thuraya Satellite Plan

Thuraya sat phone plans offer internet connectivity and data is

available at no extra charge.

Disadvantage

The sat plan utilizes geostationary satellites; thus there may be

delay in voice communication.

Iridium

The Iridium is a sat based, wireless personal communications

network that offer a wide range of voice features to virtually any

destination across the globe. The sat connection uses

approximately 66 satellites that orbit the earth on six different

planes. The signal delay for communication is minimal as the

satellites are in LEO. Individual Iridium satellite can orbit the

earth once in every 100 minutes.

Advantage

Iridium offers reliable connection as its handsets can receive and

make sat phone calls from virtually anywhere across the planet.

Inmarsat

Inmarsat was the first sat mobile communication system that

was conceptualized and then the idea was actually brought to

reality. Originally, sat phones of this company were designed for

the marine industry, but now they offer their sat phone services

and plans to different industries, private organizations and even

individuals. Inmarsat utilizes four geo-stationary satellites

placed in different locations over the equator.

Advantage

Inmarsat provides MPDS data services, real-time ISDN, fax and

voice services to the users.

Disadvantage

The satellite is located quite far (approximately 22,000 miles).

Thus, a large antenna system is required to ensure quality signal

reception and transmission.

Globalstar

Globalstar sat system was especially designed to fulfill the needs

of extensive travelers. This sat phone system consists of 48 LEO

satellites. The company offers a handset that is compact and can

operate on cellular CDMA and AMPS networks as well as the

Globalstar network.

Advantage

The Globalstar LEO constellation is located on 700 miles from

the earth. Thus, it ensures better quality, transmission and

communication.

With the help of the aforementioned information, compare

different sat phone services, explore more about their effective

sat plans and choose the best one according to your requirement

and budget.

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