Comments on: The Ominous Return of the Satellite Phone http://gigaom.com/2009/05/21/the-ominous-return-of-the-satellite-phone/ Wed, 22 May 2013 06:18:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: PE Firm Plans Open LTE Network To Challenge AT&T and Verizon http://gigaom.com/2009/05/21/the-ominous-return-of-the-satellite-phone/#comment-211473 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:37:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=50883#comment-211473 [...] It’s expensive to launch and build satellites (plus build out a terrestrial network), and any phones working on such a system are pretty clunky. Another strike is unless the satellite companies found a willing terrestrial partner, the initial [...]

]]> By: FCC’s Broadband Plan: Mobile Broadband Will Save Us! – GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2009/05/21/the-ominous-return-of-the-satellite-phone/#comment-211472 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:24:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=50883#comment-211472 [...] network. So far they’ve failed to make good on that promise, and I have huge doubts that they ever will. The FCC appears to be relaxing some of the more stringent requirements on satellite providers to [...]

]]> By: Satellite Cos. Pitch Their Spectrum to the FCC and Eventually Carriers http://gigaom.com/2009/05/21/the-ominous-return-of-the-satellite-phone/#comment-211471 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:58:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=50883#comment-211471 [...] a company called TerreStar, appears to have switched its goal from providing broadband to offering satellite communications as a backup to existing cellular network — a strategy I still question. TerreStar could not be reached for [...]

]]> By: TerreStar’s Upcoming Genus Smartphone: Too Slow to be Genius http://gigaom.com/2009/05/21/the-ominous-return-of-the-satellite-phone/#comment-211470 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=50883#comment-211470 [...] data rates on the satellite network will be much slower than even current 2G speeds. Epstein says speeds have improved and the Genus will get 160kbps down and 30kbps up. Download speeds will become faster with new [...]

]]> By: Today the Stars Aligned for Satellite Cos http://gigaom.com/2009/05/21/the-ominous-return-of-the-satellite-phone/#comment-211469 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:59:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=50883#comment-211469 [...] year, TereStar today flung its single, huge satellite into space after a few delays. We’ve written about the capabilities of TerreStar’s new bird, as well as our doubts about the business of providing satellite data services to a consumer [...]

]]> By: Nick Hawkins http://gigaom.com/2009/05/21/the-ominous-return-of-the-satellite-phone/#comment-211468 Thu, 21 May 2009 18:36:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=50883#comment-211468 I can’t fathom why anyone wants to go into this space. Iridium’s only surviving because they got bought out at the last minute and the rest are so niche it’s not even funny. I’ll gladly eat my words if they’re wrong but somehow I don’t think so.

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