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satellite phoneA telephone that transmits and receives from satellites that provide coverage around the world. Iridium was the first satellite phone company. See Iridium and Globalstar. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Tokyo, Japan, Jan 11, 2006 - (JCN) - Oki Electric announced on January 11 that it has successfully transmitted encoded MPEG-4 video over a satellite phone using its portable video encoder transmitter MPEG-4 Encoder RS-M. The hiker had used his satellite phone to call for help after becoming stuck on a small ledge. The new generation of handheld satellite phone systems (including iridium, Globalstar and Thuraya) were making more news a couple of years ago for their financial problems than for their product benefits. |
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