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IsatPhone Pro

IsatPhone Pro is Inmarsat’s own-designed and manufactured satellite phone, offering clear voice telephony, globally. It also comes with a variety of data capabilities, including SMS, short message emailing and GPS look-up-and-send, as well as supporting a data service of up to 20kbps.

Reliable, clear voice communications

It is one of the most robust handsets in the market and purpose built for our award winning Inmarsat-4 network – the most sophisticated satellite communications network in the world. With great pricing packages available on hardware and airtime, it really does deliver the ultimate combination in any satellite phone.

Global coverage

The service is delivered via three satellites that make up our award-winning Inmarsat-4 (I-4) network. All three I-4 satellites cover all surfaces of the earth, except for extreme polar regions. It is one network meaning you can make calls wherever you are in the world.

Network reliability & longevity

The availability of our satellites and ground network exceed 99.9% so voice connectivity can be depended upon wherever your operations are.

The geostationary location of our satellites, mean that service is not affected by connectivity outages, often experienced by terrestrial or cellular technology in severe weather, or when communications go down following a natural or man-made disaster.

Features

  • Global coverage
  • Robust handset
  • Clear voice quality
  • Reliable network connection
  • Long battery life
  • Easy to use
Inmarsat IsatPhone Pro
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Satellite Phone Comparison

  Iridium Extreme Iridium 9555 Inmarsat IsatPhone Pro Thuraya XT
Size 140 x 60 x 27 mm 143 x 55 x 30 mm 170 x 54 x 39 mm 128 x 53 x 26.5 mm
Weight 247 g 266 g 279 g 193 g
Display Glare-Resistant LCD Display Glare-Resistant LCD Display Monochrome Display Glare-Resistant Color Display
Antenna Design Retractable Omni-Directional Antenna Retractable Omni-Directional Antenna Fold-Out Directional Antenna Retractable Omni-Directional Antenna
Durability Specifications Military Grade (MIL-STD 810F) n/a n/a IK 03 (for shock)
Ingress Protection Dust proof, jet water resistant (IP65) n/a Dust resistant, splash resistant (IP54) Dust resistant, splash resistant (IP54)
Network        
Network 66 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites orbiting 485 miles from earth   66 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites orbiting 485 miles from earth   3 Geostationary (GEO) satellites in fixed orbit 22,000 miles from earth   2 Geostationary (GEO) satellites in fixed orbit 22,000 miles from earth  
Coverage Global, pole-to-pole coverage Global, pole-to-pole coverage Coverage over 3 regions Coverage over 2 regions
Mobility Talk and move freely 66 Low Earth Orbit satellites overhead   Talk and move freely 66 Low Earth Orbit satellites overhead   Talk with regional mobility limitations  3 Geostationary satellites in fixed location  Talk with regional mobility limitations  2 Geostationary satellites in fixed locations 
User Experience        
Phone Registration Network registration Network registration Requires GPS fix and network registration Requires GPS fix and network registration
Time to Power-on and Make a Phone Call Under 30 seconds Under 30 seconds* 72-120 seconds** Up to 1 minute
Ability to Receive Incoming Phone Calls Capable of incoming call notification if antenna extended or retracted Capable of incoming call notification if antenna extended or retracted Capable of incoming call notification only if antenna is extended Capable of incoming call notification if antenna extended or retracted
Ability to Send/Receive SMS Messages Supported Supported Supported Supported
Ability to Connect to Laptop and Send/Receive Data Supported Supported Supported Supported
Ability to Connect and Utilize Laptop and Smartphones Supported via USB cable and Wi-Fi accessory (Iridium AxcessPoint) Supported via USB cable and Wi-Fi accessory (Iridium AxcessPoint) Not Supported Not Supported
Location Based Services (LBS)
  • Share location via SMS
  • Online tracking via SBD
  • Programmable SOS button
 n/a
  • Share location via SMS
  • GPS helper function
  • Thuraya SOS

Competitor data publicly sourced.Iridium bears no responsibility for the accuracy of publicly sourced data.
* Data sourced from Frost & Sullivan Report, September 2010.
** Data sourced from TelAstra Report, November 2010.