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Satellite Phones Help Victims of Vanuatu Cyclone
People band together to assist Vanuatu communities devastated by Cyclone Pam Satellite phones, housed at an online retailer based at Widgee, were the only ones available to humanity charity Oxfam to ship out to Vanuatu communities devastated by Cyclone Pam at short notice. It was an urgent request as the charity worked to have some…
Wired Review of the Best Portable Satellite Voice and Data Solutions
The Wired Review of the Sat-Fi, iSatHub and Iridium Go Satellite Voice and Data Solutions SATELLITE COMMUNICATION HAS become much more accessible to recreationalists in recent years. One- and two-way text messaging devices from SPOT, DeLorme, and TextAnywhere have already made strong headway into the hands of amateur and professional adventurers. Now there’s a new…
Don Schumacher Racing Gets a Boost with Satellite
Cellular just isn’t enough for remote Drag Racing Event Imagine 10,000 people all competing for the same cellular network at a drag race in the middle of nowhere. Imagine thousands of people making phone calls, posting photos, updating facebook, vendors selling merchandise for point of sale transactions. A network doesn’t get any more congested than…
Inmarsat is getting into the entertainment business
Inmarsat has reported the launch of Fleet Media, the entertainment service it announced last year which will see a wide variety of content delivered to commercial vessels at sea, and available to crew on demand. A combination of films and TV will be available on board, as well as news and sports. An initial library…
Men in Distress Used Their Iridium Satellite Phone to Get Help
PORTSMOUTH — Two men were rescued about 60 miles east of Chincoteague by the Coast Guard early Tuesday morning after they reported their sailboat was damaged and they were in distress. Read Full Story Here…..
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…