TerreStar Launching Pocket-Size Satellite Phone

Va. Firm to Offer Pocket-Size Satellite Phone TerreStar Service Hinges on Launch Of Satellite Today Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, July 1, 2009 To look at it, you wouldn't know it's a satellite phone -- and that's the idea. Reston-based satellite firm TerreStar Networks is gearing up to launch a smartphone and phone service this year that will combine terrestrial wireless service with its upcoming satellite service. Under a deal the company has with AT&T, TerreStar users will have their calls directed either through that carrier's network or through TerreStar's service. Make a call that's in range of one of AT&T's towers, and AT&T's network will handle it. But if a customer travels outside the AT&T network's range, that call will be routed to TerreStar's new satellite. You'll never get stuck without phone service in... [read full story]                    

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