When I think of satellite phones I think of large and bulky devices that are in a suitcase and look like handsets from the 90's more than the smartphones of today. TerreStar has a slick satellite phone called the Genus that is an attractive smartphone that looks like many of the other devices on the market. continued »

Satellite phones are needed for users who are frequently outside areas where traditional mobile phone services are needed. In the past satellite phones were huge suitcase size devices, but recent advancements have reduced the size of the devices dramatically. Elektrobit has announced that a satellite-terrestrial smartphone that it has developed has completed the first ever handset-to-handset VoIP call over a satellite ... continued »