Explain the services that the MCOM1 series MSAT-G2 satellite radio/telephones offers. What can it do for me?
There are 2 types of service, point-to-point dial-up and two-way radio dispatch. 1. DIAL-UP TELEPHONE A dial-up satellite telephone call functions the same as a common cellular telephone call. You simply dial the 10-digit area code and telephone number. Dial-up calls may be made to any telephone throughout the entire public switched telephone network (PSTN). 2. DISPATCH TWO-WAY RADIO Dispatch two-way radio is a means of broadcast communications. Operating on a push-to-talk principle, dispatch Radio Service relies on established talk groups for up to 15 talk groups. Users can belong to more than one talk group and each talk group can include as many as 10,000 members. Users also have the ability to dial in to a talk group from the PSTN or dial out from a talk group to the PSTN. The dispatch network acts much the same as a land mobile radio repeater, turning the entire network (or sub-networks) into a single cell and transmitting signals to and receiving signals from subscribers on the g
