Thuraya Supports A Mountainous Challenge

Thuraya is sponsoring one of the world’s greatest explorers, Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE, who is climbing Mount Everest to raise funds for the UK-based Marie Curie Cancer Care. Thuraya supported this challenge with a range of telecom equipment and facilities that allow Sir Fiennes to stay in touch with his family and enables him to send regular updates to his associates. Thuraya is providing Sir Fiennes with a ThurayaDSL terminal for broadband communication, a Thuraya SO-2510 mobile hand-held, solar panels, and Thuraya batteries. With the equipment provided by Thuraya, Sir Fiennes is able to post photographs and text reports of his journey on his website as well as YouTube videos. Through the Everest challenge, Sir Ranulph Fiennes will be raising 3 million sterling pounds for the Marie Curie Cancer Care, a specialized cancer care organization. Over the past two months, Thuraya has partaken in other social projects, with the Company recently sponsoring Mr. Newton Jibunoh who traveled through the desert from Lagos to London to curb desertification. Further, Thuraya is sponsoring a young team of cyclists, Mr. Amiram Roth-Deblon and Ms. Ragna Schmidt-Haupt, who will be traveling through Africa this year to combat climate change—Abu Dhabi