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GlobaFone Blog
Gold Medals, Politics and the Future
I commented to my wife the other day that after competing in London, all of the athletes can forever call themselves “Olympic Athletes”. Just think about the gravity of that proclamation: Olympic Athlete. That is just so cool! The commitment and dedication of time, money, resources and support is astounding. Olympic athlete – the best [...]
What Will We See in 2012?
Happy New Year and Welcome 2012! Lou Altman, GlobaFone CEO guest writing again. 2011 was spectacular for me both personally and for GlobaFone. We reached some great new milestones, having won some long-pursued business, adding some great companies and government agencies to our client list. And we have ambitious plans for this coming year – [...]
Iridium 9555, Inmarsat Isat Phone Pro, and Fixed Site Phone Price Changes
The Iridium 9555 satellite phone and the Iridium Fixed Site phone have both undergone price reductions recently due to market flucuations, along with the Inmarsat Isat Phone Pro. The price changes are now reflected on our main website with complete product descriptions. As for specifics, here is the new price list. Iridium 9555 was $1595, and [...]
There is ALWAYS Internet
We have a full-fledged uprising complete with riot police, armed citizens, unarmed citizens, water cannons and rubber bullets. The government’s response includes a media blackout – or attempted blackout.In the modern era of global communications – satellite phones in particular, shutting off the internet and cell service cannot stop information, pictures and video from showing [...]
Is the Hill Flattening or Are the Rocks Getting Smaller?
We’ve all heard the adage of ‘pushing the rock up the hill’ and in one of the Blade movies, Wesley Snipes’ character, after beating the bad guy, laments that there is always ‘some joker trying to ice skate uphill’. Progress takes vision, time and work. Think about the jumps between the written and printed word, [...]
Reading the Tea Leaves
A very Happy New Year to you as we embark on 2011! Along my daily commute there is a physic and I’ve always been fascinated by the notion of being able to see into someone’s life just based on a 5 or 10 minute discussion. The cynic in me says it is all a [...]
INMARSAT Successfully launches third I-4 satellite
service coming to Pacific and Asian regions download due date full On August 19 , the leading provider of global mobile services confirmed the successful launch and acquisition of the third -4 satellite. The was launched on a Proton Breeze M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:43pm BST on 18 August (4:43am [...]
PROTON LAUNCH OF INMARSAT-4 F3 SATELLITE DELAYED
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, August 4, 2008 – The launch of a Proton M / Breeze M vehicle, with the -4 F3 satellite, has been delayed to allow time to replace and retest a launcher electrical component. A fault was discovered during testing of the rocket stage, following attachment of the -4 F3 satellite to the [...]