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November 13th, 2006

New Thuraya satphone shipping

Posted by Ben in Communications, Gear, Satphones

New Thurayas

According to this press release the new and catchily-named Thuraya SO-2510 satphone (at left) is now shipping. They’ve dubbed it “the world’s smallest and lightest satellite phone ever made”, although Globalstar have just come out with a pretty small one - the equally memorable GSP 7100.

Either way it looks pretty nice and can be found at retailers like GMPCS for around $800-$900. Probably more interesting is the Thuraya SG-2520 (at right) which should also be coming out sometime soon.

4 Responses to ' New Thuraya satphone shipping '

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  1. Terry Scott said:

    Too bad the coverage continues to shrink. Took a Globalstar phone with me to Northern Canada last year and it worked maybe 50% of the time. Customer service said that they are working on replacing some satellites that went out.

    January 3rd, 2007 at 01:17 PST

  2. Ben said:

    For Northern Canada, if you need a handheld satphone, you might be better off with Iridium:

    http://www.gmpcs-us.com/products/iridium/iri_coverage.htm

    …but don’t have personal experience on this…

    Cheers, Ben

    January 9th, 2007 at 15:34 PST

  3. khanbooli said:

    i want to buy thuraya mobile please tell me how much this mobile and how can i buy it ……

    pleasa feed back to me in my hotmail
    khanbooli

    May 8th, 2008 at 10:05 PDT

  4. Ben said:

    Khanbooli,

    I am not a shop. You can find details of how to buy Thurayas here:

    http://www.thuraya.com/content/how-to-buy-thuraya.html

    Regards,

    Ben

    May 8th, 2008 at 14:34 PDT

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