Thuraya offers cost-effective satellite-based mobile telephone services to nearly one third of the globe.

The Thuraya satellite system covers 99 countries throughout Europe, North- and Central Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian Sub-Continent.

The Thuraya is a dual-mode satellite phone that offers satellite and GSM connectivity. It has voice, sms, data and fax capability.

Features:

• User friendly soft key operation
• WAP 1.2 stack
• GPS Distance & Direction
• GPS location determination and storage of 25 GPS positions
• GPS location transmission via SMS
• User interface with 9 languages
• Englisch/Arabic/French/Deutsch/Italian/Russian/Turkish/Hindi/Farsi
• Voice over Thuraya satellite network and the GSM
• Data and fax up to 9600 bps*
• Short Message Services (SMS) with text input for:
• English/Arabic/French/Deutsch/Italian/Russian/Turkish/Farsi
• Supplementary Services
• 16 ringing tones
• Downloading ringing tones (can be sent using SMS to other compatible phones)
• Last 10 calls of missed, received and dialled with date and time stamps
• Voice Mailbox
• Call cost function
• Speed dialling
• Signal strenght display and mode indication
• Battery level display
• High Power Alerting ( HPA)
• Any key answering
• Clock and date
• 2 alarm clock
• Tone-dialling ( DTMF)