If you travel in remote parts of Alaska, you need to prepare carefully. Experienced hunters carry a good rifle, a knife, food, cammies and increasingly a satellite phone. They know that depending on a cell phone in Alaska will often leave you unable to communicate in a life-threatening emergency. The...

Inmarsat BGAN is currently the standard of comparison for portable satellite broadband internet service. Though ThurayaIP has a much smaller coverage area than BGAN, if you are working in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Indonesia or Australia, a ThurayaIP satellite terminal should be considered carefully.Thuraya IP has similar data...

Globalstar has launched a new Wi-Fi hotspot aimed at smart phone users. Globalstar executives expect the new Globalstar Sat-Fi to become the company's leading product. The reason for this is that Globalstar Sat-Fi gives the familiar smartphone access to the Globalstar satellite network when it is beyond the reach of...