Yes, but the original Iridium Motorola 9500 was about 500g, before adding the cellular module.

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>ANDREA</span>


i have been offered some cheap thuraya cards, and i want to ask you whether they work in normal GSM phones. I know the whole point of thuraya is to have satellite reception, but i just want to see the look on my friends faces when i tell them to call me on my satellite phone :lol: :D :o

Thuraya sim cards in GSM handsets? Ok, you can test it :lol:

As I understand it, Thuraya postpaid accounts can roam on many GSM carriers. I'm not sure the same is true for prepaid.

It seems that Thuraya prepaid roaming is limited to incoming calls only.

http://www.thuraya.com/products/roaming_marketing.htm

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Roaming in Thuraya means:
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* Thuraya post-paid subscribers can send and receive calls while roaming in the GSM networks. However, Thuraya prepaid subscribers presently can only receive calls while roaming on GSM networks.
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It's curious that the vast majority of Thuraya's active roaming partners are in their coverage footprint. I guess the only reason for roaming with a Thuraya SIM is to be able to receive incoming calls while under a roof. It would seem more reasonable to have roaming where you don't offer service. I guess it's just me.

i still dont understand?