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SPOT2 GPS Messenger Offer: Save over 25% on the RRP

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Global Telesat Communications are offering a great deal on the award winning SPOT2 GPS Messengers.

The special offer includes a SPOT2 (which comes packaged with an arm armband mount), an annual subscription, and the Track Progress plan. These items were originally priced at £227 but Global Telesat Communications are now offering the complete package for just £165, which is over 25% off of the recommended retail price!

The SPOT2 Satellite GPS Messenger Personal Tracker offers one-way communication virtually all over the world, even whilst out of mobile network coverage and is capable of sending custom pre-written messages to your contacts along with your current GPS location so that you are able to keep in touch with friends and family at all times. The SPOT2 is also able to send help and SOS messages so that you can notify emergency services of your GPS location if you need assistance.

Spot-Google-MapThe Track Progress Plan enables the SPOT2 to automatically send a tracking message every ten minutes, allowing friends and family to follow your route and the progress of your journey online. It also allows you to publish waypoints, using Google Maps so that your route can be reviewed at a later date.

The SPOT2 is incredibly simple to use, and has served as a lifeline for hikers, cyclists, and other outdoors enthusiasts, having initiated more than 2,300 rescues worldwide, and so to take advantage of this fantastic offer, please visit the Offers page on our website, or call our sales team on +44 (0) 1202 607486.

Using SPOT Connect Satellite Tracker to Navigate Using Offline Maps: Map & Go

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The SPOT Connect is an invaluable tool for people who travel outside of network coverage as it makes it possible to use smart phones as satellite communicators whilst off the grid.

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SPOT Connect have now introduced a new way to display maps for navigation and tracking of your locations while you are outside of network coverage called Map & Go. This great new feature allows users to initially download maps whilst in an area with internet access and then access them easily once they are off the grid.

map&goMap & Go allows users to navigate to a desired region and to adjust the map to the appropriate degree of zoom, enabling them to select maps that are relevant to their own specific journeys. Downloaded maps are stored in your device’s memory and when entering or exiting areas with mobile coverage, map views in SPOT Connect will transition seamlessly between online (Google) maps and user’s personally created offline maps.

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At the moment there are two types of maps available for users to download but SPOT LLC will add more in future releases. The maps that are currently available are the OpenStreetMaps that are most useful for basic navigation in relation to landmarks and the OpenCycleMaps that are specific to cycling routes but also provide some topographic maps for hiking or back country activities.

To create Offline Maps, first select the Settings view in the App and navigate to Map & Go. Tap on Map Type to choose a Map Source and then follow the relevant steps until the desired map has been downloaded.

New personal alert feature on IsatPhone Pro gives users an emergency back-up

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Short-dial alert feature improves remote safety

The feature enables a user to send their GPS position – plus a short pre-configured message – as an email or text message.

The personal alert provides added peace of mind for IsatPhone Pro users who may be travelling in remote areas that lack basic communications.

The personal alert can be sent quickly and reliably because the message is sent using a short-dial code, with the text pre-configured and the location inserted automatically from a stored GPS fix.

The alert can be configured to be sent to up to 10 recipients.

Each message of up to 160 characters is sent separately to one or more recipients on a pre-defined list set up by the end-user.

“A journalist can set up a personal alert to inform his or her newsdesk when they are in a danger area,” said Inmarsat Marketing Communications Manager Clare Butler. “Or a field worker stranded in a remote region with a broken down vehicle can send precise coordinates about his or her location.”

Full instructions on how to set up the new IsatPhone Pro personal alert feature are in the updated IsatPhone Pro User Guide.

To enable the new personal alert feature you will need to install the latest IsatPhone Pro firmware version due for release shortly.  When released this will be available to download from the Global Telesat Communications IsatPhone Pro Support Pages.

Over 1,500 Rescues Initiated with SPOT Satellite Messenger Products

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Outdoor enthusiasts including hikers, boaters, pilots and skiers are among those saved since debut of SPOT technology in 2007.

Spot LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc. and leader in personal satellite messaging and emergency notification technologies, today announced that SPOT messenger devices, including SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger and SPOT Connect, have initiated more than 1,500 emergency rescues worldwide. Many of these rescues resulted in lives being saved both on land and at sea. Today’s announcement comes at the company’s four year anniversary since launching the world’s first satellite messenger product, the SPOT Personal Tracker.

SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger

SPOT provides connectivity to adventurists, travelers, weekend warriors and workers when spending time outdoors or traveling in remote areas. SPOT allows users to check-in and share their locations with their contacts back home. In life-threatening emergencies, users can send SOS messages with their GPS location to the GEOS International Emergency Response Coordination Center (IERCC). Because SPOT uses 100% satellite technology, it works off-the-grid beyond the range of cell phone towers and VHF radio.

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“SPOT devices can take the search out of search and rescue,” said Russell Gubele, President and Command Officer of Mountain Wave Search and Rescue near Mount Hood, Oregon.  “Being notified of an emergency with the location coordinates allows us to conduct our rescue efforts extremely efficiently saving valuable time and resources. As a result, more people are rescued from often life-threatening situations – saving lives, time and money.”

Of the 1,500-plus rescues that have taken place in 105 countries, 55 percent were in the United States.  California, Colorado, Utah, Alaska and Florida are the states with the highest number of SPOT SOS activations.  Canada accounted for 22 percent of the overall rescues launched by SPOT devices. This year, rescue officials have responded to 546 SPOT-initiated requests of which 402 were land-based, 117 were at sea and 27 were aviation related.

SPOT devices allow you to view waypoints online via Google Maps.

 

SPOT Rescue Highlights (2007-2011):

  • Four fishermen were rescued from their sinking vessel by the US Coast Guard 20 miles off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina.
  • A Scout troop leader was crushed by a falling horse in Mount Hood National Forest and airlifted to safety by the National Guard.
  • A downed motorcyclist suffering compound fractures was air lifted to a nearby hospital from a desolate California highway.
  • Two stranded climbers were rescued by helicopter from the 3,567 meter-high (11,703 feet) peak on Mount Goodsir in Yoho National Park, British Columbia.
  • The US Coast Guard rescued two people after their plane suffered a hard emergency landing on an uninhabited island southeast of Cordova, Alaska.
  • An Arkansas photographer with a broken pelvis, collar bone and ankle was rescued from a steep ravine after falling 30 feet in Ozark National Forest.
  • A backcountry skier was located and rescued after being trapped at high elevation in Norway during a severe winter storm.
  • In Nevada, a man working alone was injured and trapped under heavy machinery. He was extricated and transported by helicopter to a nearby hospital.
  • A 20 year-old college student was rescued after falling 200 feet in Rocky Mountain National Park.
  • A hiker suffering a severe medical emergency was rescued in Australia and transported to the nearest medical facility for surgery.

Upon receiving an SOS message, GEOS immediately verifies the incident and notifies the appropriate authorities including Search and Rescue, the US Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Highway Patrol, State Emergency Management centers and International Agencies.  Each year, hundreds of hikers, snowmobilers, boaters, pilots, skiers, remote workers and motorists receive necessary aid from professional rescue personnel who otherwise may not know of the situation or the victim’s location.

Rocky Henderson of Portland Mountain Rescue said, “SPOT not only makes things easier for us, I believe it also helps prevent unnecessary search and rescue missions from happening. Being able to let friends and family know that you are okay is a big deal.”

Spot LLC recommends being equipped with the proper knowledge, skills and gear like the SPOT Messenger to help prepare for outdoor activity.  Research weather conditions, bring food and water, wear proper clothing and share trip details with others before leaving.  For more information on outdoor preparedness and SPOT Messenger products and services visit findmeSPOT.com /Prepared.

Read complete SPOT rescues stories at www.findmeSPOT.com/en/spotemergency.

Globalstar Continues to Deploy New Second-Generation Satellites

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Globalstar, Inc. announced that the second of six satellites launched in July is now operational and processing mobile satellite voice and data call traffic to customers in North America and around the world. The deployment of these six satellites from the second launch is on schedule. The first two launches were successfully conducted in October of 2010 and July of 2011. Globalstar is currently planning to launch six additional satellites in December.

The first satellite from the July launch was placed into service in August and the four remaining satellites are expected to become operational over the next few months. The new second-generation satellites are designed to support Globalstar‘s current lineup of voice, Duplex and Simplex data products and services including the Company’s SPOT retail consumer products. As each new Globalstar satellite becomes operational, service availability and reliability improvements will benefit those customers who use the Company’s voice and Duplex data services. With each subsequent launch, these customers can expect a progressive return to high quality coverage and call completion reliability. Globalstar is currently deploying its second-generation satellite constellation and launch services provider Arianespace has been contracted to conduct launches of six satellites each.

Satellite phone or personal tracker waterproof cases are now available in our shop

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Protect your satellite phone or personal tracker from water, sand, dirt or dust with these waterproof cases while giving you full use of your phone.

Compatible with:

  • Thuraya XT

  • Thuraya SG-2520

  • Iridium 9555

  • IsatPhone Pro

  • SHOUT nano

  • SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger

GeoPro Messenger now available from Global Telesat Communications

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Global Telesat Communications are now stocking the handheld GeoPro Messenger which offers two-way text messaging anywhere in the world via the Iridium satellite system.  The GeoPro Messenger is not restricted by the normal mobile phone networks, but is truly global in its coverage, offering users the facility of one-button contact with emergency services and two-way text messaging between friends and relatives (unlike some other tracking devices), as well as an online web facility for tracking progress of the user.

Despite its small size (125mm x 63mm x 37mm) and light weight (380g), the GeoPro Messenger is feature rich. In a crisis the user can press a single button to alert the emergency services and give them an exact location, yet in happier times he can use the QWERTY keyboard to exchange emails or text messages of up to 160 characters. The GeoPro also offers the facility to send regular ‘check in’ messages (with the added safety feature of automatic prompts if the schedule is missed), to capture and store significant waypoints and to enable followers to track your progress via the internet.

GeoPro Messenger

GeoPro Messenger now available from Global Telesat Communications

Powered by a Lithium Ion battery that will provide power for up to 1000 message reports between charges, the GeoPro Messenger is waterproof and dustproof to IP66 standard. It operates from -10ºC to +50ºC and has a monochrome, backlit, anti-glare display screen.

The GeoPro Messenger fits neatly into the range of satellite communications systems offered by Global Telesat Communications and ensures that wherever anyone is, whether at sea or on land, they need no longer be out of reach. With the GeoPro, they now have messaging immediately available at an affordable price. The GeoPro even comes with its own software application for secure (https) web based mapping, multiple user messaging and address books. It’s a powerful and sophisticated device offering potentially life saving facilities.

The retail price for the GeoPro Messenger from Global Telesat Communications is £450.00 ex VAT. There is no activation fee, although there is a one-off software licence fee of $50 (ex VAT) and a monthly service fee, including mapping, of $35 (ex VAT), with a charge of $0.20 (ex VAT) per message.