Satellite Communications Fills Katrina’s Telephone Void
With most landline and cell phone networks still dead in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast where Hurricane Katrina hit hardest, there has been an almost panicky run to satellite phone service, which has remained uninterrupted in the days since the hurricane plowed into the region. Our phones are ringing off the hook, said Liz DeCastro, a spokeswoman for Iridium Satellite. Weve just shipped 10,000 phones and were ready to ship another 6,000. There has been a 3,000 percent increase in traffic in the region since the hurricane landed in the area, DeCastro added.
Samsung Unveils Its New Satellite DMB Phone
Samsung’s new SCH-B250 mobile phone features a swivel screen and is the company’s smallest satellite DMB phone yet.
Another name for Satellite by Cell Phone: Radio
Sirius will be providing programming for Sprint phones - and the cost will be wrapped up in a Sprint package, thus there will be no need to “subscribe to Satellite Radio” per se. This kind of deal reduces two big…