Telephone Satellite

If you're looking for future of the mobile telephone, satellite phones are your answer. A satellite phone is a mobile phone that communicates via satellites orbiting high above the earth. Instead of depending on cell phone towers spread across the land, satellite phones get their signals from these satellites; hence, satellite telephones offer unequaled global communication coverage.

What does this mean to you? Whether you're on Mt Everest, in rural China, or on an African safari, and you will still have the ability to communicate by mobile phone. You know that practically every safety manual tells you to alert a friend when going far from civilization, and if possible bring a way to communicate in case of an emergency. Satellite telephones are your solution.

Depending on the satellite system, a satellite telephone may cover specific regions or the entire globe. Since satellite phone service is still quite expensive, I recommend getting as much global coverage as possible.

There are many types of satellite telephones. Here are a few:

• Iridium satellite telephones: (Iridium.com) These phones use a series of 66 low-earth orbiting, cross-linked satellites to relay telephone calls from anywhere in the world as long as you have a direct line of sight from the handset to the sky. Generally, calls from iridium phones to landlines costs about $1.50 a minute. The reverse, landlines to iridium phones costs $2 to $4 a minute, and iridium phone to iridium phone costs less than $1 a minute.
• Globalstar satellite phone: (Globalstar.com) Globalstar has a handheld satellite phone and two stationary satellite telephones. The Globalstar GSP 1600 Handheld satellite cell phone sells for $749.00. It allows customers the same flexibility of a cell phone, but switches from terrestrial cellular telephony to satellite telephony when needed. The GSP-2900 stationary phone costs $2,495.00 while the FAU 200 costs $625.

You can get your hands on a satellite phone at Satellite Discount Store at Satellitediscountstore.com or at Satellitephonestore.com.

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