A Guidelines About The Best Satellite Phones

Both normal cell phones as well as satellite phones are used for the communication purposes. But, the only difference between both phones is that cell phones connect to terrestrial cell sites whereas satellite phones connects to direct orbital satellites. As per the recent stats, the demand of a satellite phone is getting increased due to its anytime communication need.

In the market, there are numerous of satellite phones available for your easy communication. Among these, following are the best satellite phones that use either geosynchronous orbit or Low earth orbit to work smoothly.

1. Inmarsat Satellite Phone:-

This satellite phone offers global mobile services to you. It provides the best services of telephone and data through portable or mobile terminals which communicate with ground stations by approx. 12 geostationary communication satellite. Moreover, for aid agencies, governments, businesses, remote areas and many more, it is the optimal solution to communicate. These days, Inmarsat 5 series are very popularly which work on Ka band for global data services.

2. Thuraya Satellite Phone:-

It is a regional mobile satellite phone provider work with geostationary communication satellites that provides mobile coverage of approx 110 countries. A tremendous of services such as short message service, 144 kbit/s high-speed data transfer via a notebook-sized terminal, call forwarding or waiting and more are also offered by this phone. Even, the unique thing about Thuraya phone is that all handset's transceiver unit is connected with GPS receiver to track your location.

3. Iridium Satellite Phone:-

With 66 active satellites and use of LEO satellite technology, this phone can cover the whole earth including poles, oceans and airways. It extends the standard of services by offering utilities like paging, phone calls, postpaid, prepaid and a lot more. Every Iridium phone has its unique feature and can perform a different task. Furthermore, the most admirable handset is Iridium 9555 satellite phone which has hands-free capability.

4. Globalstar Satellite Phone:-

Globalstar satellite phone is similar to Iridium handsets and generally known for their low-speed data communications. Across the globe, it offers its brilliant services in around 120 countries.

Also, it is a best solution for the industries such as oil and gas, government, mining, forestry, commercial fishing, utilities, military and so on. Additionally, Globalstar is a reputed provider of mobile satellite voice and data services.

Thus, Satellite phone technology is considered to be a formidable invention to keep communication going in this world. With its brilliant ability to communicate, you can make contact withany part of this planet, without worrying about your location.

I am a researcher and passionate about new technology and gadgets. I used the satellite phones for a year and like to share my experience and opinion with you.