In November 2014, Inmarsat transitioned its GSPS (IsatPhone) services in the Europe-Middle-East-Africa (EMEA) region from its I-4 F2 satellite to its new Alphasat satellite. On March 24, 2015, Inmarsat also transitioned its EMEA FleetBroadband and BGAN services to Alphasat.This transition enhanced Inmarsat services in the EMEA region and left Inmarsat...

What is a satellite phone and why would you need one?Satellite phones are mobile devices that do not receive their signal via terrestrial (land based) towers, but rather from satellites in orbit around the Earth.Outfitter SatelliteoffersIridium, Thuraya,Inmarsat GSPS,Inmarsat BGAN, andInmarsat FleetBroadbandsatellite phones/terminals.The functionality of satellite phones offered by Outfitter Satellite...

The Iridium satellite communications network periodically resets its Iridium L-Band count. This change is referred to as a time re-epoch, and consists of a one-time adjustment in time which will need to be manually corrected by subscribers. Iridium plans to reset the count on March 3, 2015 at 18:00:00 UTC.For...