Trail bike rides usually take longer than you think, especially on trails with more rugged terrain or through remote regions. Make sure to pack more food and water than you think you need. You might not have cell phone service on the trails if you need help or encounter a medical emergency. It’s a smart idea to bring a satellite-enabled emergency device. There are various Iridium Connected options in combination with SOS emergency facilities. The Iridium GO! you use it in combination with your own smartphone, simple and easy.

A racing team competing in the Dakar rally needed a clear line of communication to their management and mechanical team. Inmarsat provides a team with Inmarsat IsatPhone Pro handheld phones and an unlimited voice and data service, as well as portable and vehicular BGAN terminals, to allow them to keep in touch for crucial communications.

The IsatHub iSavi Global Satellite Hotspot is Broadband 384 Kbps Internet and phone for smartphones, tablets and laptops. IsatHub uses special “consumer class” IsatHub Internet global service from Inmarsat. Dakar participants can use this BGAN service used by professional organizations for reliable and portable internet connectivity.

Trans Africa with your best friend. Harry and John drove from northern Europe to Gabon in an old Series IIa Land Rover in six months.

The Carta Rallye is an amateur rally raid in Morocco accessible to all with just one category: CROSS COUNTRY. The Carta Rallye is open to motorbikes, quads, SSVs, 4x4s, trucks and 2WD buggies. 7 days of racing with alternating bivouacs and hotels. And a night stage for extraordinary sensations. A rally where conviviality, camaraderie and professionalism are the priorities.

Mount Everest – better known in Nepal as Sagarmatha, is located on the border of Nepal and Tibet. A significant number of mountain climbers climb this mountain every year. Thanks to improvements in knowledge, technology and infrastructure, expeditions are now accessible to a larger group of climbers. However, communication remains an important link in safely climbing this mountain

The Marocco Desert Challenge 2024. Years ago, the M D C made history through its epic and legendary "Coast to Coast" route. A 3000km rally-raid adventure from Agadir and Plage Blanche at the Atlantic Ocean, to Saïdia at the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Almost everything Morocco has to offer, in 8 days of cross-country racing.

When travelling by motorcycle out in the bush it’s common to see your mobile phone displaying ‘No Service’. This not only means you’re unable to surf the net, or make or receive any phone calls or texts, but you also cannot send SOS calls
A mobile phone only works if it can connect to a landline.
However, a satellite phone can offer you the back-up you hope you’ll never need when travelling. With a sat phone, you’ll have coverage wherever you are. Not only can you keep in touch with loved ones back home when stuck without mobile reception, but a sat phone can literally be a life-saver when out in the bush.