A Thuraya satellite phone rental enables you to stay in touch with your friends and family while traveling in the most remote regions of the world, especially in the Middle East. Thuraya provides a dual mode GSM/satellite phone that offers service in 99 countries. These countries are in Europe, the northern two thirds of Africa, and the western half of Asia, including the Middle East and India. Thuraya is planning on expanding this coverage area to include the more southern parts of Africa, the rest of Asia, and the Pacific Islands just north of Australia.
A Thuraya satellite phone rental comes complete with a handheld phone unit that weighs approximately two pounds making it the smallest handheld satellite phone available for rental to provide convenience for traveling and a complete accessories pack that includes a rapid charger, in car charger, instruction booklet and starters guide, and several travel adaptors for foreign electric outlets so that you can charge your phone no matter your location. Most phones also come with an additional 1900 Mah Lithium Ion battery because the amount of time that you can talk on one battery is limited. In most cases the amount of talk time is four hours or less depending on the network which you are using at the moment. This enables you to keep your conversation going at all times by using one battery while charging another. In addition, when renting a Thuraya satellite phone, you access to top notch technical support that is available 24 hours 365 days a year so that you never have to wonder about what is wrong with your phone.
There are a variety of user plans available for a Thuraya satellite phone rental, most of which include incoming calls that are of no cost for the user. A Thuraya phone rental is available by the day, week, or month. The fee includes a rental fee for the phone and a rate per minute for each minute that you actually use the phone. A pre-paid return package is also included in the rental plan to make returning the phone as convenient as possible.