New telco eyes one million potential satphone customers
A new telco, Indigo Telecom, has entered the market to fill what it perceives to be a huge gap in delivering portable satellite phone and data communications services to rural Australians beyond the reach of terrestrial cellular networks.
The company is reselling services on the Thuraya geostationary L-band satellite, initially via three devices: an A5 sized data terminal capable of downloading at a 444Mbps, a handheld satellite only phone and a handheld dual satellite/GSM phone.
It is up against competition from the well-established Iridium, the soon-to-be introduced Inmarsat IsatPhone Pro and Optus and its resellers who also offer Thuraya services. However they have not offered the handheld phones in Australia to date.
