ITU

The ITU International Telecommunication union in Geneva donated 100 Thuraya satellite telephones to emergency units in Sichuan in China, the map shows weak net connection, still I suppose GSM nets will be restored soon. Geneva to Brindisi. A special offer is Thuraya 2510 without GSM connection for 800.-- € it is always satellite upload like INMARSAT. Switches sat to GSM is only with the more expensive model, no provider for sat and GSM available.

The UN had that contract with Abu Dhabi, we have offers of 10.-- € for Motorola C121 for 10.-- €, so it makes a difference, when real sat upload is needed.

Transportable sat antenna units are used often but as this is not a normal case analysis, we will do all in economics and technology.