the last thing we need is another satellite phone company. i just don't see it happening, todays modern "too busy to shift gears so I buy an automatic" office-going urbanites don't have time for satellite phones, satellite lag and big handsets. and the people who do dig satphones already have one from one of the 3 companies that cover the US.
if they do launch this site it will probably get used for anonymous telemetry and 'data solutions'. the kind of products where you need to phone up some Rep and organise a meeting before you get anything from them. much like Orbcomm is now.
Thuraya launched a new satellite a few weeks ago, but unfortunately because of some stupid protectionism law they will probably never be allowed to operate in the US.
I'm not trying to be insulting here, I'm just making an observation: That has got to be the most cynical thing I have ever read on Engadget. You went over 3 complete scenarios for failure and were able to blame 1) society 2) businesses 3) government / lobbying organizations. All on one fell swoop. Amazing.
"Thuraya launched a new satellite a few weeks ago, but unfortunately because of some stupid protectionism law they will probably never be allowed to operate in the US."
Or it could be that Thuraya flies over the opposite side of the globe and I don't know of anyone who has perfected the whole RF through the center of the earth thing yet, but I might be mistaken.
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the last thing we need is another satellite phone company. i just don't see it happening, todays modern "too busy to shift gears so I buy an automatic" office-going urbanites don't have time for satellite phones, satellite lag and big handsets. and the people who do dig satphones already have one from one of the 3 companies that cover the US.
if they do launch this site it will probably get used for anonymous telemetry and 'data solutions'. the kind of products where you need to phone up some Rep and organise a meeting before you get anything from them. much like Orbcomm is now.
Thuraya launched a new satellite a few weeks ago, but unfortunately because of some stupid protectionism law they will probably never be allowed to operate in the US.
I'm not trying to be insulting here, I'm just making an observation: That has got to be the most cynical thing I have ever read on Engadget. You went over 3 complete scenarios for failure and were able to blame 1) society 2) businesses 3) government / lobbying organizations. All on one fell swoop. Amazing.
"Thuraya launched a new satellite a few weeks ago, but unfortunately because of some stupid protectionism law they will probably never be allowed to operate in the US."
Or it could be that Thuraya flies over the opposite side of the globe and I don't know of anyone who has perfected the whole RF through the center of the earth thing yet, but I might be mistaken.