Satellite Airtime Plans

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IsatPhone Pro Airtime Plans

Below are the Post Paid Airtime Plans for the IsatPhone Pro

Standard Plans
  Service Fee  Includes Additional Minutes
ECONOMY $19.95 per mo. N/A $1.09 per minute
BASIC  $34.95 per mo. 20 min. per mo. $0.99 per minute
SAVER $58.00 per mo. 50 min. per mo. $0.95 per minute
TRAVELER $137.00 per mo. 150 min. per mo. $0.90 per minute
VALUE $239.95 per mo. 300 min. per mo. $0.85 per minute
EMERGENCY $150.00 per yr.  60 min. per yr.  $1.39 per minute 

 

Below are the International Pre Paid options for the Isat Phone Pro:

Note that these Pre Paid options are not valid with in the United States. 

Pre Paid Minutes Price Valid For Per Min/ Rate
100 Minutes $100.00 730 Days $1.00 Per Minute
250 Minutes $235.00 730 Days $0.94 Per Minute
500 Minutes $465.00 730 Days $0.93 Per Minute
1000 Minutes $890.00 730 Days $0.89 Per Minute
2500 Minutes $2,150.00 730 Days $0.86 Per Minute
5000 Minutes $3,950.00 730 Days $0.79 Per Minute

 
 

 

 

BGAN Prepaid Airtime Plans
Prepaid airtime is quick and easy, requires no credit check and can be recharged at any time.

*Note ~ These prepaid options do not work in the United States.

Prepaid Plan
Price
Valid For
Included
Test Drive
$90.00
2 Months
10.99 MB of Bkgd IP or 100 voice minutes ($100 Value)
X-Small
$225.00
6 Months
27.47 MB of Bkgd IP or 250 voice minutes ($250 Value)
Small
$445.00
1 Year
54.95 MB of Bkgd IP or 500 voice minutes ($500 Value)
Medium
$875.00
1 Year
109.89 MB of Bkgd IP or 1000 voice minutes ($1,000 Value)
Large
$2,135.00
1 Year
274.73 MB of Bkgd IP or 2,500 voice minutes ($2,500 Value)

 

Prepaid Notes: Background IP/Voice Minutes shown are approximate. Any other services used will burn at different rates. Please contact GMPCS for burn rate usage.Please note that prepaid airtime is non-refundable. Note: Additional voucher must be added to your SIM card within 30 days of expiration to prevent permanent deactivation of SIM (new SIM will be required in this case).

 

 

BGAN Postpaid Airtime Plans
If you do not select a prepaid plan you will need to choose ONE of the following Post-paid service plans for each terminal/sim you purchase. Requires completion of Inmarsat BGAN service agreement
.

 

Postpaid Airtime Plan
Service Fee
BGAN Voice Minutes Included
Background IP Data Included
Background IP Data Additional
Anytime Plan
$780.00/Yr.
0
120 MB/Yr.
$6.50/MB
Standard Plan
$39.95/Mo.
0
0MB
$6.50/MB
Basic Plus Plan
$65.00/Mo.
0
10MB/Mo.
$6.50/MB
Basic Allowance Plan
$130.00/Mo.
0
20MB/Mo.
$6.50/MB
Mid-Level Allowance Plan
$459.00/Mo.
30
100 MB/Mo.
$5.20/MB
High-Level Allowance Plan
$2,800.00/Mo.
200
750 MB/Mo.
$4.00/MB
Super-Level Allowance Plan
$5,800.00/Mo.
300
2 GB/Mo.
$3.25/MB
Prepaid Notes: Background IP/Voice Minutes shown are approximate. Any other services used will burn at different rates. Please contact GMPCS for burn rate usage.Please note that prepaid airtime is non-refundable. Note: Additional voucher must be added to your SIM card within 30 days of expiration to prevent permanent deactivation of SIM (new SIM will be required in this case).

 

You can download the Inmarsat BGAN service agreement by clicking Here!
 

Inmarsat Bgan Airtime Plan Notes:

Service Plan Renewal: Your Bgan terminal airtime service plan will renew automatically. Please contact GMPCS to cancel your service before month eleven if you do not wish to renew.

Additional Rates:The following is a list of additional fees that will be charged to your account when you either exceed the amounts allotted in your service plan, or if you use services not covered by your service plan.

  • Background IP Data: $6.50 per MB
  • Voice to Standard Telephone/Fixed (at 4 Kbps): $0.85/Minute
  • Voice to another Bgan: (at 4 Kbps): $0.80/Minute
  • ISDN (at 64 Kbps): $6.25 /Minute
  • Short Messaging Service: $0.45 /Per160 Character Msg
  • Streaming Calls: (at 256Kbps) $18.02/minute

Important Notes on Bgan Postpaid Airtime: All service plans are on a one year contract, billed monthly for service fees, except the Anytime Plan (which is billed yearly). Subsequent terms will be for one year, except for the Basic Plus Plan (which is month to month after the first year). All postpaid accounts subject to credit approval and completing a service agreement is not a guarantee of postpaid service. Any service plan changes will take effect on the 1st day of the following calendar month.

  • Background IP Data calls are rounded up to 50 Kbytes for the first 50 Kbytes, then billed in 10 Kbyte increments
  • Voice and IP Streaming are rounded up to 30 seconds for the first 30 seconds, then billed in 15 second increments
  • The yearly Anytime plan 120MB allowance and Basic Plus plan 10MB allowance only counts towards background IP (streaming data and voice will be billed at standard rates).
  • The Basic Plus Plan allows your unused monthly allotted Background IP Data units to roll over monthly (up to 120MB per year)

Data Abbreviations: MB= Megabytes; GB= Gigabytes; 1 GB = 1,024 Megabytes; 1 MB = 1024 Kilobytes; 1 Kilobyte =8 Kilobits

 


When you purchase an Iridium 9555 satellite phone you will be offered these new airtime options during the checkout process.

 

If you already own an Iridium phone or would like to view the Post Paid Service Agreement. Click Here.

We also offer Prepaid airtime that does not require a contract, you can view and order these Prepaid options here.

 

Postpaid Airtime
Postpaid airtime requires a one year service agreement.

Postpaid Plan
Monthly Fee
Included Minutes
Additional Minute Rate
Voice Mail
Basic
$43.95
10 per month
$1.49 per minute
$4.95 per month
Saver
$74.95
30 per month
$1.39 per minute Included
Traveler
$154.95
100 per month
$1.19 per minute
Included
Value
284.95
250 per month
$0.99 per minute
Included
Emergency $225.00 per year 0 per month $6.00 per minute Included
 

 

 

Standard Prepaid Airtime
Prepaid airtime is quick and easy, requires no credit check and can be recharged at any time.

Prepaid Minutes
Valid For
Price
Per Minute Rate
75 Minutes
30 Days
$149.00
$1.98 per minute
200 Minutes
Six Months
$425.00
$2.13 per minute
500 Minutes
One Year
$695.00
$1.39 per minute
3000 Minutes
Two Years
$3,000.00
$1.00 per minute
5000 Minutes Two Years $4,500.00 $0.90 per Minute

*Prepaid airtime is non-refundable.

 

 

 When ordering an Iridium phone on the site, you will be prompted by the following steps:

 

 


Listed below are the rate plans and information related to Thuraya airtime services. These prices are representative for this service.


 

Prepaid Airtime
To use prepaid airtime, customers simply purchase a Thuraya Classic Prepaid Sim Card for $79.00, and then purchase recharges as they need them. (Includes: $10.00 in airtime)

Additional airtime is added to Prepaid Sims by purchasing digital scratch card recharges, offered in small, medium or large denominations:

Prepaid
Recharge
Size

Price
Included Units

Extends SIM Card life

Small

$42.50
39 Units
2 Months

Medium

$82.50
80 Units
5 Months

Large

$162.50
160 Units
12 Months

Important Notes
• You have six months from the date of activation to place your first call or the prepaid sim card will deactivate (requiring sim replacement)
• Prepaid sim card is valid for one year from date of first call, but airtime voucher must be added within 90 days of expiration, or SIM card will be deactivated (see below for changes in Prepaid Sim renewal process starting in July, 2007)
• Maximum extension of prepaid SIM is 18 months.
• Each Unit is approximately equal to one minute of voice talk time.
• Prepaid airtime is non-refundable.
• 2 stage dialing is not available for the Thuraya system. This means callers will be charged international rates when calling your
Thuraya phone.

Postpaid  Airtime
Postpaid airtime is offered on a one-year contract at a cost of $47.50/month. Airtime is at a rate of $1.49/minute to landline destinations and other Thuraya phones via satellite mode. There is a $50.00 one-time activation fee.

Postpaid
Plan

One-Time
Activation
Fee

Monthly
Fee

Airtime
Rate

Satellite Monthly

$50.00
$47.50
$1.49/Minute

Postpaid Calls to other systems:
$3.99/minute for GSM calls.
$10.00/minute for calls to other satellite systems.

Important Notes  

Additional rules and limitations apply, please read the GMPCS service agreement for complete details.
All postpaid accounts subject to credit approval.
$250.00 early termination fee for postpaid airtime.

 

Thuraya Prepaid SIM Renewal Process
As renewal approaches, expiration reminder messages are sent every other day for 15 days prior to the account expiration date.

If the subscriber has enough credits in their account, there are two ways in which the account can be renewed:
1. Subscriber can renew immediately by dialing "150" and selecting option "6" within the 15 day period prior to expiration.
2. The subscriber can just let the account automatically renew after it expires. An SMS will be sent confirming the renewal.

If the subscriber does not have sufficient credit in his/her account, a grace period will be granted, during which the account will be automatically renewed if the subscriber tops up with the required amount. If the account is not topped-up/recharged, the account will be automatically closed.

Yearly tariffs for account renewal
• $99 for customers using less than $120 of satellite airtime annually
• $60 for customers using more than $120 of satellite airtime annually
• Free renewal for heavy users (more then $2500 annually)


 

The Globalstar Value Proposition
 
If you need your satellite phone to work the first time, every time, then you should plan on purchasing an Iridium 9555.  However if your needs are flexible enough so they can be met by being able to complete a satellite phone call during three or four windows in a one to two hour period (such as letting home and office know you are OK at the end of a day of hiking, sailing or working remotely) then you should give serious consideration to purchasing a Globalstar phone.
 
While Globalstar has had operational problems over the past two years, they are on the way back with the scheduled launch of a new satellite constellation beginning this Fall.  Globalstar has also developed an Optimum Satellite Availability Tool which will provide you with a list of windows, based on your geographic location, during the next four days when you will have a high probability of making a successful call.  GMPCS personnel and several of our customers have tested the availability tool with excellent results.
 
 Globalstar 2010 Value Airtime Plan
 
The Globalstar 2010 Value Airtime Plan provides unlimited airtime for calls from the home area (Canada, the United States and the Eastern Caribbean) to Canada, the United States and Puerto Rico at the total cost of $34.95 per month. This airtime is good until December 31, 2010, at which time you will be able to select from a variety of new highly competitive plans, based on the success of Globalstar’s launch of new satellites and reliability of service. The Globalstar 2010 Value Airtime Plan requires payment in advance at a rate of $34.95 times the number of months from activation until December 31, 2010. This rate is pro-rated for the first month if service does not begin on the 1st of the month.
 
Note that unlimited airtime is only available for calls in the home area.  Calls from the home area to locations outside the home area are subject to a flat rate of $1.49 per minute long distance fee. Calls originating from outside the home area are subject to the following roaming fees.
 
ROAMING - ZONE 2: $1.39
Calls to the US from:
• Central America • Europe • Iraq • Mexico • Russia
• Brazil • Turkey • Australia (Calls To CANADA from these locations - $1.50)
 
ROAMING - ZONE 3: $1.99
Calls to the US from:
• Egypt • Argentina • Chile • Paraguay • Colombia
• Uruguay • Venezuela • Guyana • Suriname • French Guiana • Peru • Ecuador • Bolivia • French Antilles

ROAMING - ZONE 4: $2.99
All Calls from outside of USA and Canada to non-USA & Canada destinations.

 

Globalstar 2010 Value Airtime Plan Service Agreement

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