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This new IsatPhone Pro firmware update is critical for any IsatPhone Pro handsets purchased since 7 September 2012. Inmarsats’ official statement is: “This is a mandatory firmware upgrade to prevent users being impacted by a fault in product operation and planned network enhancements. As announced earlier, a fault was identified with IsatPhone Pro firmware versions [...]
Inmarsat has just released a Mandatory firmware upgrade meaning that the features introduced by the firmware are vitally important for the GSPS service including the network and your IsatPhone Pro handset. Inmarsat has advised us that this upgrade is absolutely critical as IsatPhone Pro phones that are not upgraded by 30th of June, 2013, will [...]
As the US recovers from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy one thing never faltered – a Satellite Phone. While the winds of the Super Storm reached 150kmph, knocking out power and telecommunication lines, yet the humble Satellite Phone still managed to keep their users in touch with other people and organisations. Neil Sheehan, a spokesman [...]
Beginning September 1st, 2012 Mobal Customers will be able to use Inmarsat Prepaid vouchers in the United States and all of its territories. This will apply to all new and existing Inmarsat prepaid SIM Cards. The Inmarsat prepaid service was originally only available outside of the US but it will now be a fully global [...]
IsatPhone Pro users will now be able to use Twitter via its SMS functionality. How to set up your Twitter Account with your IsatPhone Pro You need to log in to your existing twitter account at twitter.com. If you do not have a twitter account, you can set one up at twitter.com How to send [...]
We have received some feedback from our customers who have purchased IsatPhone Pro handsets that although their voicemail is already set up that, when the phone is off or is out of signal, people are not being diverted to the voicemail facility. To ensure that your voicemail is correctly configured, you need to manually set [...]
The Thuraya XT-Dual boasts ‘it makes the future looks so old’, but what are the real advantages to having a Satellite Phone with built in GSM? Iridium tried this a while back, and it never really took off. Maybe because no-one wants to be carrying something the size of a Satellite Phone around Walmart when [...]
Iridium recently posted about two customers who made history using Iridium satellite phones with Twitter to update followers from some of the farthest corners of the Earth. Eric Larsen, the renowned arctic explorer, became the first person ever to tweet from the North Pole using an Iridium satellite phone in 2010. Felicity Ashton, the first [...]
For our customers who have purchased an IsatPhone Pro Satellite Phone from Mobal, there has been an upgraded version of the phones firmware released. The new Firmware 5.0.0 is available from the Inmarsat’s IsatPhone Live Version 5.0.0 offers a new personal alert feature to the handset, that is very similar to the new SOS feature [...]
With the release of the new Iridium Extreme and the increasing sales of the Isatphone Pro within our business I felt that it was important to outline to new satellite phone users the differences between the two services from Iridium and Inmarsat. Choosing the right service is as important as selecting the best satellite phone [...]