Iridium Satellite phones now offer SMS

Iridium Satellite, a provider of satellite phone services, is just now offering text messaging services between Iridium customers. And by next month, Iridium users will be able to exchange SMS with most US cell phone subscribers, according to News.com.

When you consider the cost of a satellite phone call (cf Satellite Phone, Cost comparison) - approximately $ 1.50 per minute for an Iridium call charge to an International number - text messaging at 40 cents per SMS will be (very much) appreciated (certainly by anyone travelling to the North Pole as mentioned in Techdirt, but also by people living or stationed in Afghanistan, Irak, countries in Africa and my friend P.Y., from his sailboat off the shores of Auckland.

emily | 6:25 AM | Cell Phones while driving/flying/sailing |
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