Petite Power From Thuraya

The world’s smallest satphone, Thuraya’s SG-2520. (Photo: Thuraya)

ABU DHABI, UAE: August 21, 2007—Satnews Daily—Featuring tri-band GSM and GPS is the world’s smallest satellite mobile phone. Released by Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company, their secondgen SG-2520 satellite smartphone weighs in at less than 170g. With coverage in 100 countries in Europe, North and Central Africa and large areas of Southern Africa, the Middle East and Central and South Asia, the SG-2520 provides uninterrupted satellite telecommunication and uses global positioning overview with support for 12 languages.



This phone provides connectivity on 900/1800/1900 MHz GSM networks and is GmPRS enabled. An embedded micro browser offers Internet access and you downloads/uploads occur at speeds of as much as 60/15 kbps using Thuraya’s satellite network within the company’s coverage area. There’s up to 128MB of internal memory and additional memory is accessible through the use of a SD memory card. The user display is 1.9-inches and offers 262,000 high-resolution color. Integrated into the phone is a 1.3 megapixel camera and connectivity is supported via Bluetooth (1.1), USB (1.1) and the Infrared port (1.1). The phone’s operating system is WinCE 4.2. In satellite mode, the battery offers talk time of up to 2.4 hours, standby time to 40 hours, and in GMS mode, the talk time available is up to 4 hours and standby time to as much as 75 hours, all on single charge.