Inmarsat has launched a mobile phone with a distinction. The IsatPhone Pro connects towards the firm's satellite communications network to enable consumers to maintain in contact from nearly anyplace inside world.
Available instantly via Inmarsat's distribution partners, the IsatPhone Pro is promoted as a "game changer" inside specialist communications marketplace, with costs expected being as low as $500 (£338).
Target markets for the handset include the federal government, media, oil and gas industries and also the mining and construction sectors. The telephone enables end users to generate calls from your middle of the ocean as well as in remote places on the planet, according to Inmarsat.
The IsatPhone Pro may be the very first telephone to become developed particularly for Inmarsat's I-4 satellite network. The unit weighs 279g and provides up to eight a long time talk time plus up to 100 a long time on standby. It's dust evidence and splash evidence, and has an operating variety of -20 to 55 degrees Celsius.
"Today we have delivered a robust, affordable, expert handset for worldwide customers. IsatPhone Pro joins our award-winning portfolio of information and voice terminals, and offers us a complete variety of services for remote atmosphere communications use," mentioned Inmarsat chief executive Andrew Sukawaty.
The device offers high-quality telephony, text and email help, plus built-in GPS place while using capability to send the user's location being a text message, the firm mentioned.
As with a lot more standard cellular handsets, customers will need to buy an airtime package to utilize the IsatPhone Pro. Costs will differ depending around the packages provided by each distribution partner, but are expected to be around $1 (67p) per minute, according to Inmarsat.
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