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Article: One world one phone. (Motorola's Iridium system)
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- Yachting
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- June 1, 1998
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THIS SYSTEM PROVIDES INSTANT COMMUNICATION TO AND FROM ANY TELEPHONE ON EARTH, REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU ARE
Beginning at 0900 Sept. 23, the ways in which you use a mobile telephone will change, thanks to the Iridium system. This new satellite-based system developed by Motorola will let you, for the first time in the history of wireless communication, use a handheld phone to stay in touch from any point on the surface of the Earth. Call ahead as you steam out of New York, on your way to England. Interfaced with a laptop computer, fax or E-mail your office in New York from the middle of the Atlantic, and when you reach England and cruise on to Europe, stay in touch with ...