MSAT Air Time
Air Time Rates
| SERVICE |
SC STATE CONTRACT PRICE |
| MSAT to MSAT |
$0.89 per minute |
| MSAT to PSTN (within Zone 1) |
$0.89 per minute |
MSAT to PSTN (outside of Zone 1 - see Long Distance Zone List) |
$0.89/min. + Long Distance |
| MSAT to Iridium (via Iridium's Two Stage Platform) |
$0.89 per minute + $1.30 charged to the Iridium phone called |
| MSAT to Other Satellite Services |
$5.00 per minute |
Activation and Monthly Fees
| SERVICE |
SC STATE CONTRACT PRICE (per terminal) |
| One-Time Activation Fee |
$50.00 |
| Voice Access |
$45.00 per month |
| Data Access |
$15.00 per month |
MSAT Voice Dispatch Service
Region 1 – East/Atlantic
| SERVICE |
SC STATE CONTRACT PRICE |
| Talkgroup Access |
$69.00 per month per terminal |
Free Dispatch minutes per month (Dispatch access includes free Voice access (valued at $35.00/mo.) at the above per minute rates) |
Unlimited |
| Dispatch Talk Group Set-up (one time fee) |
$100.00 per talkgroup |
| Notes: |
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1. |
All per minute airtime rates indicated are from Satellite Phones terminated anywhere within the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. |
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2. |
International long distance rates are additional and are on the attached zone list. |
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3. |
Calls are billed in 1 minute increments, 1 minute minimum. |
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4. |
The "Talk Group Access" fee provides one talk group per Satellite phone. |
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5. |
Satellite phones paying monthly "Talk Group Access" are not charged standard monthly voice access fee. |
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6. |
Applicable voice/data/fax airtime rate charges when satellite phone is not in Dispatch Mode. |
Long Distance Rates
ZONES (see below for country reference) |
RATES PER MINUTE |
| Zone 1 |
N/C |
| Zone 2 |
$1.00 |
| Zone 3 |
$1.24 |
| Zone 4 |
$1.54 |
| Zone 5 |
$2.34 |
| Zone 6 |
$3.85 |
| Zone 7 |
$5.50 |
Marine Satellite Service – Terminating Country
Zone 1 |
| United States |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
Puerto Rico |
Canada |
Zone 2 |
| Anguilla |
Antigua |
Argentina |
Australia |
| Bahamas |
Barbados |
Belgium |
Bermuda |
| Bonaire |
Brazil |
British Virgin Islands |
Cayman Islands |
| Chile |
Columbia |
Costa Rica |
Curacao |
| Denmark |
Dominican Republic |
Ecuador |
El Salvador |
| Finland |
France |
Germany |
Greece |
| Grenada |
Guadeloupe |
Guam |
Honduras |
| Hong Kong |
Hungary |
Ireland |
Italy |
| Jamaica |
Japan |
Martinique |
Monaco |
| Netherlands |
Nevis |
New Zealand |
Norway |
| Panama |
Philippines |
Poland |
Singapore |
| South Korea |
Spain |
St. Kitts |
St .Lucia |
| St. Maarten |
St. Vincent |
Sweden |
Switzerland |
| Taiwan |
Trinidad |
Tobago |
United Kingdom |
| Venezuela |
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Zone 3 |
| Bahrain |
Bolivia |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Brunei |
| Croatia |
Cyprus |
Egypt |
Ghana |
| Haiti |
India |
Indonesia |
Israel |
| Kuwait |
Malta |
Mexico |
Nicaragua |
| Nigeria |
Paraguay |
Peru |
Portugal |
| Romania |
Saudi Arabia |
Thailand |
Turkey |
| Uruguay |
Yemen |
Zimbabwe |
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Zone 4 |
| Albania |
Algeria |
Armenia |
Azerbaijan |
| Cameroon |
China |
Congo |
Cuba |
| Estonia |
Falkland Islands |
Fiji |
French Polynesia |
| Georgia |
Guyana |
Iran |
Iraq |
| Ivory Coast |
Jordan |
Kazakhstan |
Lebanon |
| Lesotho |
Micronesia |
Moldavia |
Oman |
| Russia |
Senegal |
South Africa |
Suriname |
| Turks & Caicos-Islands |
Ukraine |
Vietnam |
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Zone 5 |
| Angola |
Bangladesh |
Central Africa |
Dijbouti |
| Libya |
Maldives |
Mali Republic |
Nepal |
| Pakistan |
Sri Lanka |
Syrian Arab-Republic |
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Zone 6 |
| Australia – Exterior-Territories |
Bhutan |
Burundi |
Chad Republic |
| Diego Garcia |
Laos |
Latvia |
Madagascar |
| Mongolia |
New Caledonia |
North Korea |
Rwanda |
| Somalia |
Sudan |
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Zone 7 |
| Inmarsat MES's (Ocean Regions 871-872-873-874) |
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