"Mike @ www.sivros.net" <mike@sivros.net> wrote in
news:mcc9gv493072jqa5doed02aavvk5ifjk2j@4ax.com:

> tyuk02@yahoo.co.uk (Riz) wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Does anybody know of a good (as in reasonably priced) place to pick up
>>a satellite phone in the UK. I am also not sure what is out there in
>>terms of products so a website that explains this would be useful. If
>>this is the wrong group to be asking this, can anybody direct me to a
>>more appropriate group to post this question on.
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Riz
>
> You can occasionally find brand new Ericsson
> R290's (for Globalstar) on Ebay for about £200.
>
> I use a UK Vodafone sim card in mine. Works
> very well across Europe but calls work out at
> £1.80/min for both incoming and outgoing calls.
>

Globalstar & Thuraya have limited coverage about the same as GSM mobiles,
Iridium & Inmarsat work worldwide. So it depends where you are going. All
the phone system have their websites. www.iridium.com, www.thuraya.com,
www.globalstar.com www.inmarsat.com.
All satellite phones calls are expensive, at least US$1.50 per minute you
have to have a clear view of the sky to use the phone that means no trees
overhead and not indoors unless you carry an external antenna!
You will find that buying a local GSM Sim is going to be cheaper and easier
to use!

Regards

Martin