1. What is a satellite phone? David Puzey 415092

2. Companies & Average Tariffs NetworkConnection Fee Line Rental (per month) Call Rates (per minute) Iridium Globalstar Thuraya Inmarsat Average $50 (£32.50) $35 (£22.75) $50 (£32.50) $46.25 (£30.07) $41 (£26.65) $30 (£19.50) $50 (£32.50) $37.75 (£24.54) $1.30 (£0.85) £0.38 ($1.28) $1.50 (£0.98) $1.20 (£0.78) $1.32 (£0.86) (Satphone UK, n.d.) (XE, 2008)

3. Some Phone Cost Iridium 9505a £999 (ex. VAT) Thuraya SG-2520 Handset £758.00 (ex. VAT) Globalstar Qualcomm GSP-1600 £499 (ex. VAT)

4. Some Environmental Factors Satellite Costs – Very High Disposal and Recycling - Difficulties Competition – Very Little Legislation – EM Wave Licensing Material Availability – Could Run Out Product Market - Small

5. Satellites (The Travel Insider, 2008, para. 81) (BBC, 1999, para. 9) (Fuller, n.d., para. 8) (XE, 2008) 66 satellites - $6 billion (about £4 billion) About $91 million (about £59 million) per satellite About $1000 (about £650) per pound to launch Need to be replaced with new technology Too expensive to retrieve satellite Space junk builds up Unlikely to save money if recycling satellites

6. New Technology Leads To Technology Built Leads To Technology Distributed Leads To Old Technology Discarded Leads To Environmental Damage Causes Material Cost Increases Effects Effects Price Process Starts Over

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