{"id":65507,"date":"2018-04-12T23:52:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T15:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/thuraya-converges-smartphones-and-satcom-in-its-latest-product\/"},"modified":"2018-04-12T23:52:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T15:52:31","slug":"thuraya-converges-smartphones-and-satcom-in-its-latest-product","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/thuraya-converges-smartphones-and-satcom-in-its-latest-product\/","title":{"rendered":"Thuraya Converges Smartphones and Satcom in Its Latest Product"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_283314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-283314\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-283314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Thuraya_X5_Touch-154x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Thuraya_X5_Touch-154x300.jpg 154w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Thuraya_X5_Touch-410x800.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Thuraya_X5_Touch-103x200.jpg 103w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Thuraya_X5_Touch.jpg 657w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-283314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thuraya\u2019s X5-Touch satellite smartphone. Photo: Thuraya.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thuraya<\/strong> has unveiled its first satellite smartphone during its partner conference in&nbsp;Dubai. The Thuraya X5-Touch runs on the Android operating system and has a 5.2-inch High Definition touchscreen. It targets users who frequently move in and out of terrestrial coverage across a range of market sectors including government missions, energy projects, enterprise communications, and Non-Government Organization (NGO) deployments. The phone offers connectivity on the move, in remote areas normally beyond the reach of smartphones, Thuraya stated.<\/p>\n<p>According to the company, the smartphone represents a step toward convergence between terrestrial and satellite communications through its dual-mode and dual-SIM capability. It has two SIM-card slots for full user flexibility, and with the dual-active mode it has the ability to have both its satellite and 2G, 3G, or 4G modes always on simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>To cater to the needs of users in harsh and remote conditions, the Thuraya X5-Touch comes with a Gorilla glass display and adheres to an IP67 standard for dust and water protection. The smartphone also includes a built-in SOS button and a front and rear camera.<\/p>\n<p>The X5-Touch is equipped with GPS, Glonass, and BeiDou systems for navigation and tracking functions, as well as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Near-Field Communication (NFC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the Android platform there is already a multitude of apps readily available to work on the Thuraya X5-Touch, and developers will have easy access to develop and customize apps for the needs of their customers,\u201d added Ahmed Al Shamsi, acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Thuraya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thuraya\u2019s X5-Touch satellite smartphone. Photo: Thuraya. Thuraya has unveiled its first satellite smartphone during its partner conference in&nbsp;Dubai. The Thuraya X5-Touch runs on the Android operating system and has a 5.2-inch High Definition touchscreen. It targets users who frequently move in and out of terrestrial coverage across a range of market sectors including government missions, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65507"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}