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Reconnecting Families in Vanuatu Post Cyclone Pam
When Cyclone Pam smashed into Vanuatu on 13 March 2015, it not only damaged homes, crops and water sources but also wiped out mobile communications connectivity. As the cyclone bore down on the islands, thousands of families were unable to connect with their loved ones across the country and internationally. Mariano Griva, a Red Cross…
Life in the Fast Lane with the MSAT G2
Baja Off-Road Racing style Few of us have ever traveled 120 mph anywhere in anything, save of course being sealed up in an aluminum tube at 35,000 feet, where you really have no sense of moving at the crazy speeds that airplanes travel today. Maybe you’ve driven on the Autobahn in Europe. If so you’re…
Satellite phones were key to locating the missing in Nepal
When Chabad of Nepal got word that 50 people were stuck in several remote villages with no food, electricity or water, they sprang into action, organizing an effort to try and reach them. But a rescue mission to deliver food and a satellite phone to them by motorcycle yesterday ended after a 10-hour journey that…
ITU Deploys Satellite Phones and BGAN Terminals for Relief in Nepal
The ITU (International Telecommunication Union) has deployed satellite phones and portable satellite data terminals in Nepal following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the country on 25 April 2015. “I would like to express my deepest condolences to the people and the Government of Nepal following loss of life even as the toll continues to…
Remote Australian Mining Sites Use the iSatHub to Stay Connected
In 1860, the first international news service, Reuters, opened its doors in Australia and capitalised on the country’s lack of connectivity; charging the average weekly wage per word for a message from London. Today it’s free to Skype news to friends, family and colleagues anywhere in the world, as long as you have an internet…
Inmarsat Supports 65 Degrees North Team in Crossing of Greenland's Ice Cap
Peter Bowker is attempting to make the world’s first unsupported crossing of the Greenland ice cap as an amputee. In May 2015 former soldier Peter Bowker, who lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan, will set out with four companions to ski nearly 600 km (373 miles) across the Greenland ice cap. His attempt at…
Satellite Phone Saves 500 Lives in the Mediterranean Sea
A satellite phone helped save 500 people in a sinking boat in the Mediterranean Sea, a senior executive of a UAE-based satellite phone company said at the fifth Global Space and Satellite Forum in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. One person on the migrant boat that was sinking had a Thuraya satellite phone, he had no…
GEOS' Free SOS Service for iSatPhone Pro 2 Postpaid Customers
Inmarsat is now offering all post-pay IsatPhone 2 customers access to GEOS’ Worldwide Emergency Response Coordination service….FREE of Charge. The service takes advantage of the IsatPhone 2’s assistance button located at the top of the phone. The GEOS’ service enables customers to contact the GEOS International Emergency Response Coordination Center (IERCC), simply by pressing the…
65 Degrees North Accomplishes their Mission
17 June 2015: Congratulations to Peter Bowker, former Lance Corporal in the Queen’s Dragoon Guards, who has successfully completed his challenge to become the world’s first amputee to cross the Greenland ice cap unsupported, raising vital funds for UK charity Help for Heroes along the way. Throughout the 27-day challenge, Peter, who lost a leg…
Internet at Sea Solution - 2015 Marion to Bermuda Yacht Race
June 22 2015: Thanks to Inmarsat’s Fleet One service, Lisa Gabrielson, Associate Editor of Sailing World magazine and one of 46 contestants competing in the biennial 2015 Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race, will have 24/7 access to voice and broadband connectivity at sea. Read Full Story Here….. For more information about the cost effective…