SatNews

Satellite Industry Intelligence Since 1983

SatVoIP Becomes A Reality For TerreStar With EB’s Ref Designs Doing Their Best

EB, Elektrobit Corporation (OMX: EBC1V), earlier this week, that two of its all-IP enabled, integrated satellite-terrestrial smartphone reference designs were used by TerreStar Networks, to successfully complete an end-to-end voice over IP (VoIP) phone call over TerreStar-1, the world’s largest, most advanced commercial communications satellite.

EB Sat Smartphone ref design This call demonstrates EB‘s ability to design and develop sophisticated mobile device reference designs that work in real-world satellite-terrestrial environments. Similar in look-and-feel to today’s smartphones — including an internal antenna; unseen on any other satellite phone — the satellite-terrestrial smartphone reference design represents the world’s first quad-band GSM and tri-band WCDMA/HSPA device running the Microsoft® Windows(TM) Mobile 6.5 operating system, and offering integrated satellite-terrestrial voice and data capabilities. Additionally, EB’s satellite-terrestrial reference design offers:
  • The only fully IP-based satellite phone using high-speed packet data
  • The first satellite-terrestrial smartphone with a touch screen and a full QWERTY keyboard
  • The first satellite-terrestrial smartphone based on Windows Mobile operating system, with competitive service offerings, including: SMS, MMS, IM, Email, Push to Talk and Location Based Services (LBS)
    •


This week’s call, which was essential to TerreStar‘s ability to meet its final FCC (Federal Communications Commission) milestone, represents a strong proof point for EB’s dedication, commitment and collaboration with partners to deliver the next-generation of dual-mode satellite-terrestrial mobile devices. Based on its highly flexible satellite-terrestrial platform, EB can develop customer specific satellite-terrestrial devices connecting to 2G/3G networks and to S-Band satellite networks. The Company makes satellite-terrestrial device development and lifecycle management simple by building collaborative product development ecosystems that ensure easy mass customization for various verticals within a short time to market.