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Study on feasibility of SATCOM for railway communication

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Final Report<br />

Figure 24: Thuraya satellite coverage<br />

In additi<strong>on</strong> to satellite coverage, Thuraya has an agreement with more than 300 GSM partners<br />

worldwide in order to <strong>of</strong>fer GSM roaming services over land-based mobile GSM networks. It is an<br />

interesting feature since dual mode terminals (satellite and GSM) are capable to change the access<br />

network when the favourite/current <strong>on</strong>e is not available. Figure 25 shows current GSM coverage<br />

provided by GSM partners worldwide.<br />

Figure 25: Thuraya GSM coverage provided by partners worldwide<br />

In this sense, this dual coverage is complemented with SIM compatibilities between systems (satellite<br />

and terrestrial GSM). It means that Thuraya SIM cards work in regular GSM mobile ph<strong>on</strong>es, and viceversa<br />

(as l<strong>on</strong>g as the SIM provider has a roaming agreement with Thuraya).<br />

Doc.Nº: SRAIL-FNR-010-IND<br />

Edit./Rev.: 1/1<br />

Date: 16/02/2017<br />

Page 78 <strong>of</strong> 285

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