How does Globalstar satellite phone provide service in Iraq?
Before the war started in Iraq, the U.S. State Department prohibited U.S.
based satellite phone services including Globalstar from providing satellite
phone service in Iraq. Shortly after the war in Iraq started Globalstar was
called upon by the U.S. State Department to provide satellite phone service
as part of the war effort. The Globalstar satellite phone system is the
most intelligent satellite phone system in the world. Using the accuracy of
GSP coordinates Globalstar can pinpoint areas on the planet where they are
allowed to provide satellite phone service or the service
to areas where they are not allowed to provide service. If a roaming
agreement is not in place with certain country to provide satellite service
or there is an area where the U.S. State Department prohibits service being
provided Globalstar can block services to those areas with
pinpoint accuracy. Cuba and Iran are currently a few of the countries the
State Department prohibits satellite phone service from being provided.
Globalstar is now the number one provider of satellite phone services in the
Iraq region. Ninety-percent of the satellite phones provided by GlobalCom
for use in Iraq region are Globalstar. Iraq is currently
served by two Globalstar gateways one in Turkey and one in Saudi Arabia.
After the war started the first gateway to start providing
satellite phone service in Iraq was the gateway located in
Turkey. The Globalstar gateway located in Turkey at the time was serving
Eastern Europe and was called upon to also provide satellite phone service
to Iraq. When the Saudi gateway was called upon to provide overlapping
coverage to Iraq, Kuwait was added to the Globalstar
coverage area. The Saudi gateway also provides satellite phone service to
all of Saudi as well as other neighboring countries.
Because of the importance of sustaining high quality service, Globalstar
wanted two gateways in place to provide overlapping serve in Iraq. One
purpose of the overlapping service was to allow the call loads to be
distributed across both gateways which prevent possibility of system
overloads. If either gateway requires system maintenance the other gateway
sustains uninterrupted service to the region. System maintenance is
normally only done in the early AM hours during low call traffic periods.
The Globalstar satellite constellation includes 48 satellites which gives
each user up to four satellites that can be
utilized for each call giving redundancy with path diversification for each
call. All Globalstar satellite phone gateways have redundant backup
systems built into each gateway preventing system downtime. Globalstar uses
CDMA signal technology which gives the satellite phone user the best quality
service available which results in a low amount of dropped calls and the
best call clarity in the industry. This dedication to the highest quality
of service has proven too have been a success.
Without Globalstar satellite phones, affordable communication would be very
limited to our solders and contractors in Iraq region. Globalcom continues
to be one of the largest providers of low cost satellite phone handset users
in the Iraq region. The user receives a standard
U.S. phone number beginning with area code 254 making it easy to get calls
from home. The Globalstar satellite phone can also receive free incoming
text messaging from anyone with access to the Internet. GlobalCom partnered
with Globalstar provides satellite phone service to users requiring voice
and data service everywhere in the United States and Iraq as well as over
130 other countries.
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