POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (August 23, 2010)—With earthquakes and forest fires raging out West, hurricanes looming in the Gulf and on the East Coast, or whenever “breaking news” stories go out of cellular range, the need for a low-cost, reliable satellite phone is greater now than ever especially for mobile organizations. 

As part of its ongoing response to this need, GMPCS, a leading global satellite communications provider, has introduced a new turnkey package called IsatTruck™, a vehicle-based phone and antenna kit which utilizes the latest handheld satellite phone from Inmarsat.

The IsatTruck™ kits represent the latest, state-of-the-art advances in satellite phone communications.  They focus around the new IsatPhone Pro™ satellite handset for day-to-day phone or IFB communications.   The vehicle-based kits include the basic IsatPhone handset, a rooftop-mounted external antenna and handset docking-station from Beam® Communications as well as an Inmarsat airtime package designed for occasional or emergency use.   

“With the introduction of this new low-cost option from Inmarsat and older satellite-phone networks approaching end of life, we designed this package specifically with the truck operator in mind,” said John Stoltz, Director of Commercial Sales for GMPCS.   “With our IsatTruck™ kits, basic phone communications can still be maintained with the office, studio or headquarters even when cars or trucks are out of traditional cellular networks.”

The IsatTruck™ solution gives the truck operator the flexibility to make calls either within the moving vehicle or using the handset when outside.   Other Beam docking-station and antenna packages are also available for maritime or fixed-site applications.  Forecasting occasional or crisis-response use, GMPCS’s IsatPhone “Emergency” plan includes a simple one-time fee which includes an hour of prepaid airtime minutes annually.  Post-paid and higher-use plans are also available.

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