Thursday, April 18, 2013

Thuraya gains global GSM roaming coverage with new partnerships


A partnership with Latin American telecommunications providers Claro and Telefónica will extend the GSM roaming coverage of MSS (mobile satellite service provider) Thuraya Telecommunications Company into 11 more countries across the Americas.


The new roaming agreements will enable GSM roaming for voice and data services for Thuraya users in Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, as well as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

Starting April 12, 2013, Thuraya's improved roaming service will enable seamless roaming on the Claro and Telefónica networks for Thuraya subscribers. All it will take is inserting a Thuraya SIM card in any GSM or smartphone. In return, Claro and Telefónica subscribers will soon be able to roam across Thuraya’s satellite network via Thuraya satellite handsets.

The new roaming agreements will add Claro and Telefónica to the 354 other GSM networks that Thuraya users in over 161 countries can access through Thuraya's satellite coverage.

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