Thuraya Launches Dual-Mode Satellite & GSM Phone

[Guest]

The idea of a mainstream satellite phone, so the story goes, came from Karen Bertiger, wife of Motorola engineer Bary Bertiger, requesting a phone connection while honeymooning in the Bahamas sometime in the 1980s.

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[memadmax]

Que the Apple lawsuit in
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[blazorthon]

Sounds like a great idea. I've kept wondering if sat phones would start to be more common.

 

[milktea]

I wonder how they got China to approve of the use of global satellite in their area? That would put a hole in their Great Wall.