Travel Technology - New T-mobile roaming country!!

:D

Click HERE (http://www.t-mobile.com/international/WCcarrierDetail.asp?m=13&c=10542&cn=Orascom+%28Central+Region+%2D+Incl+Bagdad%29&ctry=IRAQ)

I'll sleep soundly tonight in the knowledge that I can use my mobile phone in Baghdad.

I'll sleep soundly tonight in the knowledge that I can use my mobile phone in Baghdad.

All for the low rate of just $4.99 a minute :D

Carefull about that T-mobile roaming rates...


We had a user ring up $3k worth of data useages on the Aircard this month.

Iridium would be just 1.50$ a minute :rolleyes:

Carefull about that T-mobile roaming rates...


We had a user ring up $3k worth of data useages on the Aircard this month.

Only $3,000? That's only 10 to 30 hours of roaming. ;) :D

Iridium would be just 1.50$ a minute :rolleyes:

Well, except that Iridium is banned in Iraq....

AND, after reading this you REALLY don't want to rotate that antenna up there:

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1846034

ScottC, your link is subscription only.


Did you mean Thuraya is banned?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-03-30-phones-usat_x.htm


Reports are that Iridium works in Iraq. One of my docs had his wife mail him an Iridium in the desert and it worked!

My Kyocera KI-G100 with Iridium dock is ready to go if I get sent there.

What's the real story?

Jim

AP) If landline and mobile phone networks in Iraq get wrecked in a U.S. attack, expect a spike in satellite phone usage.

But with U.S. signal interceptors targeting satphone transmissions to locate Iraqi military commanders, analysts worry calls from civilians could appear as beacons for bombers.

The U.S. military won't discuss how precisely it can track people based on their satphone signals, and the satellite phone companies say they don't know. But military and intelligence experts say U.S. targeting technology is not just possible, it's getting better.

"Any satellite telephone is an emitter," said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst with the Lexington Institute in Arlington, Va. "By detecting the emissions, it should be possible for U.S. intelligence to localize desirable targets."

But distinguishing friend from foe based on a signal alone could prove difficult, he said.

"It's just yet another thing journalists now have to take into account," said Kate Adie, a British Broadcasting Corp. radio journalist.

In Qatar, Central Command spokeswoman Maj. Rumi Nielson-Green said the U.S. military's focus is on structures and equipment -- not smaller targets such as individuals. But she would not discuss the U.S. military's capabilities and could not rule out the possibility noncombatants could be fired upon by mistake.

ScottC, your link is subscription only.


Did you mean Thuraya is banned?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-03-30-phones-usat_x.htm


Reports are that Iridium works in Iraq. One of my docs had his wife mail him an Iridium in the desert and it worked!

My Kyocera KI-G100 with Iridium dock is ready to go if I get sent there.

What's the real story?

Jim

I was wrong, Iridium received a temporary permit to operate in Iraq, for a long time it was on their banned list. In countries on these banned lists the satellite would block transmissions over that area.

Yeah, that is how much it would cost if it actually worked ;)

T-Mobile it's the worst in this area :mad:

AP) If landline and mobile phone networks in Iraq get wrecked in a U.S. attack, expect a spike in satellite phone usage.

But with U.S. signal interceptors targeting satphone transmissions to locate Iraqi military commanders, analysts worry calls from civilians could appear as beacons for bombers.

The U.S. military won't discuss how precisely it can track people based on their satphone signals, and the satellite phone companies say they don't know. But military and intelligence experts say U.S. targeting technology is not just possible, it's getting better.

"Any satellite telephone is an emitter," said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst with the Lexington Institute in Arlington, Va. "By detecting the emissions, it should be possible for U.S. intelligence to localize desirable targets."

But distinguishing friend from foe based on a signal alone could prove difficult, he said.

"It's just yet another thing journalists now have to take into account," said Kate Adie, a British Broadcasting Corp. radio journalist.

In Qatar, Central Command spokeswoman Maj. Rumi Nielson-Green said the U.S. military's focus is on structures and equipment -- not smaller targets such as individuals. But she would not discuss the U.S. military's capabilities and could not rule out the possibility noncombatants could be fired upon by mistake.

I am surprised that the militants in war zones have not yet often decided to use these phones in areas controlled by their opponents to draw in an aerial bombardment that leads to friendly fire casualties on the part of the militant's opponents.

I was wrong, Iridium received a temporary permit to operate in Iraq, for a long time it was on their banned list. In countries on these banned lists the satellite would block transmissions over that area.

Scott, who are the players? Iridium, Thuraya and Globalstar?

I undertand that journalists and military people were banned from using Thuraya during the Gulf War 2 because it is an Arab owned system operated out of the UAE. As such, it was reasoned (by whom I do not know, but the reasoning seems sound enough to me) that Thuraya could spy on calls and pass on sensitive information.

Of course it makes sense that Iridium works in Iraq, considering the US DOD is the largest customer of the system...

Returning to the original topic: BEWARE INTERNATIONAL MOTORMOUTH!

http://www.milforddailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=45450

Over $7k in roaming charges from Iraq! Note that the article implies he only paid $1.49 a minute.

Back to thread drift: an Iridium pager would be mighty handy and relatively inexpensive in such a situation. I gave such a pager to one of my docs bound for Iraq. He didn't activate it. His wife wouldn't let him. Too expensive!?

Jim

Returning to the original topic: BEWARE INTERNATIONAL MOTORMOUTH!

http://www.milforddailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=45450

Over $7k in roaming charges from Iraq! Note that the article implies he only paid $1.49 a minute.

Back to thread drift: an Iridium pager would be mighty handy and relatively inexpensive in such a situation. I gave such a pager to one of my docs bound for Iraq. He didn't activate it. His wife wouldn't let him. Too expensive!?

Jim

Yes, he was roaming on a temporary Kuwait network.

$50 a month for an Iridium pager is quite a lot, but I gladly pay it, couldn't do without it.

$50 a month for an Iridium pager is quite a lot, but I gladly pay it, couldn't do without it.

Mmmm.... Iridium Blackberry! Mmmmmm........ Let me know when that's available!