Add to your emergency kit

Modern gadgets are being added to emergency kits everywhere. When it comes to most major emergencies such as natural disasters and terrorist attacks, a satellite telephone can not only be useful but in many cases satellite telephones can be vital. During 9/11, the latest tsunami and hurricane disasters , satellite phones were used as an excellent form of communication amongst victims and emergency workers.

Safety kits usually consist of tools, first-aid and sometimes rations of food and water. Today, safety kits around the world, are having satellite telephones put in them to add an extra element of security.

Satellite phones have proven invaluable in recent emergencies as well; cruise ships, tankers and yachts have used satellite telephones to alert authorities of pirate activity off the west coast of Africa. Satellite telephones also continue to provide communication services for research teams in Antarctica and other remote parts of earth.

You don’t have to be the victim of a catastrophic event to need an emergency satellite telephone, power outages can knock out cell phone towers. And even if they don't knock out the cell phone towers, cell phone networks generally jam due to the influx of traffic in emergency situations. These phones are also being increasingly used by army personnel, whether it be on the battlefield or used to phone loved one's at home from anywhere in the world.

Those who love the outdoors, such as boating, camping, mountain climbing or biking, having an emergency satellite telephone increases safety in dangerous places. There are thousands of people every year stranded in the wilderness, deserts or out at sea that could have been easily rescued had they kept a satellite telephone with them.