Inmarsat issued a mandatory IsatPhone PRO firmware upgrade to version 5.3.0 or higher by November 28, 2014. IsatPhone Pro phones that are not upgraded by that date willno longer be able to register, make, or receive callscorrectly until the upgrade is performed.That said, as of mid-2015, Outfitter Satellite has received...

There has been a lot of positive news for Globalstar recently. In 2007, Globalstar announced major technical problems with its satellites. Now, Globalstar has successfully built 24 new second generation satellites. Of those 18 already have been launched and the remaining 8 are scheduled to be launched in February of...

Twitter supports Iridium, Thuraya*, and Inmarsat* as mobile carriers. Users of these satellite phones can send Tweets to all of their followers using the SMS messaging capability of their satellite phones. They, in turn, will receive your Tweets moments later on their cell phones, (if they have set up text...