Communication with a satellite phone differs significantly from conventional communication using landline or cell phones. If you want to reach someone using a satellite phone, the question arises whether the phone is switched on at that moment and has a connection to the satellite. Moreover, a call to a satellite phone is quite expensive. Therefore, we recommend sending a message to the user of the satellite phone with a request to call back.
Option 1:
Send a message via Inmarsat website
Inmarsat offers on its website the possibility to send a message to an Inmarsat phone for free:
Screenshot Inmarsat website
http://connect.inmarsat.com/…
Option 2:
Send a message via smartphone
Use the Satway Pro Satellite Messenger app, available for Android and iOS.
Option 3:
Send a message via email
Another option is to send an email to the satellite phone. This is delivered as a text message. The reception is free of charge for the satellite phone user.
- Create a new e‑mail in the mail program you are using.
- In the To field, enter the phone number without leading zeros followed by @message.inmarsat.com (e.g. 87077xxxxxx@message.inmarsat.com).
- The subject field is not transmitted and can be left empty.
If your email program does not want to send mails without subject, enter anything. But please keep in mind: It will not reach the recipient. - Your text goes into the message field, there is a total of 160 characters available, text breaks count as one character.
- No attachments are possible. Also make sure that no signature/footers are attached to the message.
The recipient will receive the email on the satellite phone in the format: Email address followed by the message text.
