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Hi there!

On this page I will supply information gathered from Iridium resellers
regarding their pricing structure, service terms and availability of services
like voice, messaging, paging and data transmission.

There's a section that covers details on the available phones and pagers for
the Iridium network that was gathered from various sources on the net, too.

If you have any additional information you'd like to see here, please send me
an email about it and I'll include it here.

Enjoy!

Please note:
My preferred service provider is the UK based company Marconi.
Its employees have always tried to answer questions as detailed as possible
and rather fast, too. I guess you might know by now that I keep pestering
people until I get to know what I want and I probably gave them quite a hard
time. They were always fast to answer and when they didn't know something
right away they'd check back with Iridium and got back to me as soon as they
found out something.

Currently Marconi's pricing and policy are the best I've found, compared to
what the other service providers have to offer. I already recommended
Marconi to friends and business partner, who, needless to say, haven't found
a reason to complain to me about their choice.

NEWS:
- Please note Marconi has a new email address: nigel.bond@marconiselenia.com

- I have got a document about the PIN layout (Type: PDF, Size: 33 KB) for the Motorola 9505/9500.
- Now, Iridium transmit again phone numbers on outgoing calls to germany.
- Marconi is pleased to announce the new Iridium Pre-Paid Services (Type: PDF, Size: 324 KB)
- Now you can choose the language for the mailbox system: +88166299000-0=English 1=French 7=German
- Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile (T-D1) have opened the access to Iridium +8816 and +8817.
- Rent Express has changed its name to Roadpost.
- ISH a german TV Cable Network company offeres now telephony services.
   The price for an one minute call to Iridium is 23,47 DM.
- Since 16/09/01 the german calling card service Transglobe Telekom has new prices.
   The price for a call from Germany to Iridium is now between 4,64 DM and 6,06 DM incl. Tax.
- New very low price for a Thuraya Handset only 1199 Euro incl. Tax from www.Thuraya.de
- You can use your Natel easyRoam from Swisscom with a Thuraya handset.
- You don't have any ISP which work together with a Iridium Dial-Up internet connection?
   Here is the solution: You can use the number from the Direct Internet access +8816000021
   Username= your Iridium number (8816..) and Password= "password" it works very fine.
- I have found two other german ISPs which can be used for a Dial-Up internet connection.
   Ewetel +494212210010 ewetel / ewetel and NGI +494022619899 free@ngixxl.de / free
   You only have to pay for the ISU-PSTN connection because the ISPs are free of chrage.
- Now you can change your pager MDAs over my website (see below) or use the original Iridium website.
- Today (06/07/01) I have made my first Dial-Up data call with my Iridium phone 9500. I have
   tested serveral ISPs, but I could only connect with one of the biggest here in germany T-Online.
- Now you can reach the Iridium network from the german terresterial networks Arcor and o.tel.o.
- With the prepaid card Loop from the german mobile network Viag Interkom you can reach
   only the satellite network Thuraya, the price is 3,99 DM / Min. incl. TAX.
- The Iridium network is available from the Dutch mobile networks Telfort and Dutchtone.
   Thuraya isn't available neither from any terresterial nor mobile network in the netheralands.
   In Belgium both the Iridium and Thuraya network are available from the mobile network Mobistar.
- Since 23/08/01 Iridium is now available from the german fixed network BT-Ignite (01090) and the
   mobile network Viag Interkom. The price for an one minute call with BT-Ignite should be 1,99 Euro
   excl. TAX in 1 second increments. All other prices are unknow yet.
   The Thuraya network is also available from the mobile network Viag Interkom.
   But there is no connection yet from any german fixed network to Thuraya.
- There is no connection between the Iridium and Thuraya satellite network.
- Since 21/08/01 it is possible to reach +8816 from the Austrian PSTN. Tested via Telekom Austria
   and tele.ring. Other carriers route to +8816 too. Pricing still unknown.
- There is a new german distributor for the provider GloCall Satellite Communications BV
- Do you have problems to call an Iridium customer from your local PSTN or mobil network?
   Here is the solution for all Marconi customers.
- There is now a sales representative for Thuraya here in Germany (GPS GmbH Dipl. Ing. Klaus Daerr).
- Now you can reach the country Liechtenstein (+423) through the Irirdium network.
- Iridium has decided to extend the promotional offer (calls from Iridium to Iridium)
    from 30th September to the end of the year so 31st December.
- Max.Mobil, a telephone company from Austria, has charged a "roaming" call to the Iridium network,
   which was placed in the D2 Vodafone network in Germany. The price for this call is 128,81 ATS
   excl. VAT this is about 16 DM excl. roaming charge (25%) and incl. german TAX (16%).
- Today (04/07/01) I have got my first bill with call detail from my Porvider Marconi
- For a couple of days now, Iridium doesn't transmit phone numbers on outgoing calls anymore.
- It's now possible to call the Iridium network from Switzerland (tested via Natel).
- Here is the bill from a D2 Vodafone customer who has called a Iridium number, the price for
   a one minute call is 3.69 DM. But I think, that could not be the right price for such a call.
   Please have a look at the statement from D2 Vodafone, they talk about 16 DM per minute.
- Now you can place calls to any Iridium # with the german calling card service Transglobe Telekom.
   The price for shuch a call is between 19.92 DM and 24.29 DM.
- Today (08/06/01) my service provider Marconi has set up my SIM card for the data service
   package. This is provided at no additional cost for the customer of Marconi.
- Data Services Now Available: Find out about Iridium's Data Services and how you
   can transfer data from virtually anywhere in the world.
- Now you can reach the Iridium network through the Callback service provider Telegroup,
   but there is also no price information yet.
- As of today (13/05/01) you can reach Iridium (+8816/+8817) from the German D2 Vodafone mobile
   network, but currently there is no information concerning the pricing for these calls.
   This works for roaming people too.
- I have built up a WAP 2 Iridium Gateway, please have a look at the bottom of the page.
- Be careful, the German CbC provider Tesion is charging calls to Iridium actually without routing the calls.
- British Telecom in the UK has opened up access to the Iridium network.
- A statement from Kyocera about the new Iridium network and the Kyocera hardware.
- Today (30/04/01) my pager was activated by Marconi, my # is +8816-310-99600
- Here you can find infos and prices for the new Thuraya satellite network.
- A statement (Type: PDF, Size: 13 KB) from Iridium which applies to the routing
   for country code 8816 and 8817
- MCI Worldcom in germany told me today (18/04/01) that they have some problems
   to route calls to the Iridium network :-(
- The price for a one minute call to an Iridium # with the VISA phone service from
   the USA is $12 and from all other countries $15 (see price detail)
- As of today (16/04/01), Iridium is available from the MCI and Sprint LD-Network.
- Today (15/04/01) I have placed my first call to my Iridium # from Germany with the
   Visa phone service, but I don't know the price for this call :-(
- I have got my Iridium SIM form Marconi today (09/04/01), it's running very well
   since 12.59hrs (CEST), my # is +8816-314-17995
- At 21.40hrs (CEST) or 2.40 CST Henning received the first regualar call from
   a new Iridium Subscriber (+8816-314-59xxx) who has received his SIM Card
   from WCCLP today (Friday, March 30th)
- Another interesting news article (only in English language)
- Interesting news article (German, English)
- The Iridium network will be available again from Friday, 30th March 2001, 10:00 CEST.

Iridium Authorized Providers and other Resellers:
21.04.02: Marconi Marine (Voice/Paging)
25.03.01: AST Airtime Limited (Voice/Paging)
25.03.01: World Communication Center (Voice/Paging/Hardware)
05.04.01: Stratos (Voice/Paging)
01.05.01: GloCall Satellite Communications BV (Voice/Paging)
25.03.01: GEOLINK Global Satellite Services (Voice/Paging)
30.03.01: Roadpost (Rent Express Communications), Inc (Voice/Paging)
30.03.01: Infosat Telecommunications (Voice/Paging)
31.03.01: Global Satellite fwi (Voice)
05.04.01: O'Gara Satellite Networks Ltd. (Voice)
14.05.01: BuyIridium (Voice)
01.04.02: CPN Satellite Services GmbH (Voice/Paging)
01.04.02: Outfitter Satellite, Inc (Voice/Paging)
31.05.01: Pulsar AG/SA/Ltd (Voice)
17.06.01: Aral Mobilfunk Partner KMT GmbH (Voice/Paging)
18.06.01: Atlantic RadioTelephone Inc. (Voice/Paging)
28.06.01: Techniques de Diffusion de Communications (Voice/Paging)
20.09.02: SmartSatCom GmbH (Voice/Paging)
20.09.02: Global Information Technologies LLC (Voice/Paging)

Price comparison:
Voice Service (01.04.02, Type: PDF, Size: 10 KB)
Hardware (01.04.02, Type: PDF, Size: 7 KB)
Paging Service (01.04.02, Type: PDF, Size: 6 KB)
Calling prices from Germany

Information about Phones and Pagers and Accessoires:
Motorola incl. Manuals and Brochures
Kyocera incl. Manuals and Brochures

More information about Iridium:
- Find out about Iridium's Data Services and how you can transfer data from virtually anywhere in the world.
#1 Iridium Direct Internet Software Download Now (Type: ZIP, Size: 18.218 KB).

#2 Iridium Dial-Up Modem drivers (.INF FILE) Download Now (Type: ZIP, Size: 3 KB).
#3 You can find Iridium Data Documents here.
- Interesting Website about the Iridium network and the Iridium satellites
- Information about the Iridium SIM
- Some interesting "old"-facts about the structure of the Iridium network.
- Index of the Iridium personal mailbox (Type: PDF, Size: 241 KB)
- Information about the Iridium paging Service (Type: PDF, Size: 4349 KB)
- Information about reflashing your old Motorola 9500 handset.
- What are Iridium's Coverage Areas and Licensing Areas? (Answer from WCCLP)
- Download the Iridium Products and Services Brochure (Type: PDF, Size: 279 KB)

Frequently Asked Questions and Troubleshooting Guides from WCCLP:
Iridium Phone FAQ's
Iridium Pager FAQ's
Iridium Data FAQ's
Iridium Phone Troubleshooting
Iridium Pager Troubleshooting
Iridium Data Troubleshooting

Links / Mailing-List:
www.iridium.com (The Original One)
www.saveiridium.net (German/English/French)
Motorolas original "old" Website (English)
satphone@yahoogroups.com (German/English)
IridiumTech@yahoogroups.com (English)

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The best combination of GPS and a normal GSM phone, its name: BENEFON ESC!
Do you need more information about this nice "tool", then visit my website

http://benefon.viethg.de or the original one http://www.benefon.com

Send A Satellite Message to a Iridium Customer: Or send an Email to 8816(phone or pager number)@msg.iridium.com
Do you have questions about sending a message?
You can find the original form on http://messaging.iridium.com

View and Edit Message Delivery Areas: Forgot your PIN? If you have forgotten your PIN for accessing
your personal mailbox account, please contact your Service Partner.
You can find the original form on http://messaging.iridium.com/mda/

Please note:
I built a WAP 2 Iridium gateway and it seems to be the
only way to send an Iridium message from a GSM phone.
You can find this gateway here: http://iridium.gmxhome.de/iridium.wml

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