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TerreStar Offers World's 1st Quad-band GSM & Tri-band WCDMA/HSPA smartphone

[July 15, 2009]

TerreStar Offers World's 1st Quad-band GSM & Tri-band WCDMA/HSPA smartphone

Originally posted on VoIP & Gadgets Blog, here: http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/mobile-phones/terrestar-offers-worlds-1st-quad-band-gsm-tri-band-wcdmahspa-smartphon.asp.

TerreStar Corporation (NASDAQ: TSTR) announced that TerreStar (News - Alert)-1, the world's largest, most advanced commercial communications satellite, has been successfully placed into its assigned orbital slot in the geosynchronous arc and has successfully deployed its 18 meter 2GHz S Band reflector, the largest commercial satellite antenna ever deployed. TerreStar remarked "TerreStar-1 is now poised to deliver the voice, data and video services over TerreStar's all IP next-generation mobile broadband network that combines the power of TerreStar-1, an all-IP core network, and the latest in smartphone technology."

One of the first advanced smartphones the satellite is designed to handle is a new Windows Mobile designed with their partner Elektrobit (News - Alert) (EB). The mobile device can handle all of the major wireless specs, including: Dual-band WCDMA (850 and 1900), TerreStar WCDMA HSDPA 2.2 GHz, and Quad-band GSM/EGPRS (850, 900, 1800 and 1900). What this means is that this is a worldwide phone - and if their isn't a cellular tower in the vicinity, you can switch to a satellite connection.