Terrestar Genus Hybrid Satellite/Cell Phone Coming to AT&T

By Geoff Duncan
October 01, 2009

Are you always on the go? Next year, the Terrestar Genus will be able to go with you, combining a traditional cell phone with a satellite phone...and Windows Mobile.

There are still some people in this work who get by with a single handset connected to a landline—and then there are people who's lives and careers take them almost anywhere, often infuriatingly out of range of any sort of cell phone coverage. For these highly mobile types, early next year AT&T plans to offer the Terrestar Genus, a Windows Mobile device that combines a traditional cell phone with a satellite phone, offering communications in places off the beaten track—sometimes way off the beaten track.

"TerreStar is pleased to announce AT&T as a distribution channel," said Terrestar president Jeffrey Epstein, in a statement. "TerreStar remains focused on offering an integrated satellite and terrestrial communications solution to ...

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