Uk Global Sim - Page 3

meir · 04-05-2006, 11:51

BTW Handset was Hughes. Sorry.

andy · 04-05-2006, 11:54

yes - only to be used in satellite only areas, to stay in stealth mode

one thing puzzles me slightly - although switched to satellite only mode, it's picked up its location, so has searched all networks

VladS · 04-05-2006, 12:02

Location of the handset is determined with either GPS (built into the handset) in Thuraya and Globalstar's case or triangulation (they use satellite arrays) in Iridium's case.

In either case there is no need to talk to ground level networks to correctly identify location.

andy · 04-05-2006, 12:03

thanks - proves my brain is slow - I read the other day it includes GPS, and had forgotten

meir · 04-05-2006, 12:07

The dealer said that all handsets have build-in GPS. So perhaps it does send signal to Thuraya about that handset location. So they can calculate in which country you are located. As they also charge according to, where from you are calling( I mean with regular Thuraya SIM cards).

DRNewcomb · 04-05-2006, 21:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by meir

Only thing I am afraid now is, that if more people will use this option. Callkey will close free incoming calls on Thuraya Satellite, using SIM cards sourced from CallKey .

Well, well just have to keep it a secret.

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meir (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 269 Join Date: 21 Feb 2006 Location: It's long story Country:	04-05-2006, 11:51 BTW Handset was Hughes. Sorry.

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andy (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,128 Join Date: 10 Dec 2004 Country:	04-05-2006, 11:54 yes - only to be used in satellite only areas, to stay in stealth mode one thing puzzles me slightly - although switched to satellite only mode, it's picked up its location, so has searched all networks

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VladS (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 590 Join Date: 22 Jun 2004 Country:	04-05-2006, 12:02 Location of the handset is determined with either GPS (built into the handset) in Thuraya and Globalstar's case or triangulation (they use satellite arrays) in Iridium's case. In either case there is no need to talk to ground level networks to correctly identify location. VladS Mobile phones: iPhone 5, Blackberry 9900, Nexus S, Samsung S3322 duos Mobile data cards: Huawei E587u-5, Huawei E583c, Huawei E160 Postpaid SIMs: CA: Fido, Wind; INTL: Telna Prepaid SIMs: DE: Fonic, Lidl; AT: yesss!, bob; UK: O2; US: AT&T; RO: Orange, Vodafone; FR: b&you, Lycamobile; NL: Lycamobile; BE: Lycamobile, Jim Mobile; CL: Entel; MX: Telcel; INTL: eKit Blue, eKit Yellow Dead SIMs: too many to list

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andy (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,128 Join Date: 10 Dec 2004 Country:	04-05-2006, 12:03 thanks - proves my brain is slow - I read the other day it includes GPS, and had forgotten

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meir (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 269 Join Date: 21 Feb 2006 Location: It's long story Country:	04-05-2006, 12:07 The dealer said that all handsets have build-in GPS. So perhaps it does send signal to Thuraya about that handset location. So they can calculate in which country you are located. As they also charge according to, where from you are calling( I mean with regular Thuraya SIM cards).