R290, I Bought It - Page 2

DRNewcomb · 10-11-2005, 02:22

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Originally Posted by Przemolog

Don't exaggerate! Eg. Thuraya Huges 7101 with GSM 900 weighs 220 grams. Adding another GSM bands will "cost" a few grams more in the worst case

. Some smartphones and palmphones have similar weight and people buy and carry them.

Yes, but the original Iridium Motorola 9500 was about 500g, before adding the cellular module.

0700700 · 04-12-2005, 02:48

ANDREA

i have been offered some cheap thuraya cards, and i want to ask you whether they work in normal GSM phones. I know the whole point of thuraya is to have satellite reception, but i just want to see the look on my friends faces when i tell them to call me on my satellite phone

**AndreA** · 12-12-2005, 23:16

Thuraya sim cards in GSM handsets? Ok, you can test it

DRNewcomb · 13-12-2005, 00:07

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Originally Posted by 0700700

i have been offered some cheap thuraya cards, and i want to ask you whether they work in normal GSM phones.

As I understand it, Thuraya postpaid accounts can roam on many GSM carriers. I'm not sure the same is true for prepaid.

**Przemolog** · 13-12-2005, 13:34

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Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

As I understand it, Thuraya postpaid accounts can roam on many GSM carriers. I'm not sure the same is true for prepaid.

It seems that Thuraya prepaid roaming is limited to incoming calls only.

http://www.thuraya.com/products/roaming_marketing.htm

Roaming in Thuraya means:
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* Thuraya post-paid subscribers can send and receive calls while roaming in the GSM networks. However, Thuraya prepaid subscribers presently can only receive calls while roaming on GSM networks.

DRNewcomb · 14-12-2005, 00:59

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Originally Posted by Przemolog

It seems that Thuraya prepaid roaming is limited to incoming calls only.

It's curious that the vast majority of Thuraya's active roaming partners are in their coverage footprint. I guess the only reason for roaming with a Thuraya SIM is to be able to receive incoming calls while under a roof. It would seem more reasonable to have roaming where you don't offer service. I guess it's just me.

0700700 · 10-01-2006, 01:00

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Originally Posted by AndreA

Thuraya sim cards in GSM handsets? Ok, you can test it

i still dont understand?

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0700700 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 196 Join Date: 14 Nov 2005 Country:	04-12-2005, 02:48 ANDREA i have been offered some cheap thuraya cards, and i want to ask you whether they work in normal GSM phones. I know the whole point of thuraya is to have satellite reception, but i just want to see the look on my friends faces when i tell them to call me on my satellite phone

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AndreA (Offline) Administrator Prepaid Genius Posts: 1,667 Join Date: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Florence, Italy Country:	12-12-2005, 23:16 Thuraya sim cards in GSM handsets? Ok, you can test it ANTPEAΣ AΠO THN ΦΛΩPENTIA My Phones: iPhone 2G, E65, N70, P910 DVB-H, A835, 6630, 7600, 6210, S55, T39 "Working" PrePaids: IT: Wind, H3G, Vodafone, Tim, CoopVoce, Poste Mobile, Telepass Mobile, Uno Mobile - CH: OrangeClick - RSM: Prima Easy - UK: O2, H3G - INT: United Mobile, TravelSim, ICQ SIM "Deceased" PrePaids: IT: Blu - AT: H3G - FR: Itineris - ES: Yoigo - GR: Cosmote, Frog - HR: Tele2 - UK: Virgin, Orange TO: UCall - NZ: Vodafone - IN: Hutch - CAN: Fido - USA: T-Mobile - INT: Travelfone, CallKey, Globalsim, HopMobile, GT, 09, Mobal, Yackiemobile ITALIAN TLC BLOG