Receiving Calls – How Contacts Dial Your Number (Iridium Rental)

Your Satellite phone number is printed on a label on the phone  (It can also be found on the packing slip). You will notice that it begins with “8816” which represents the ‘country code’ assigned specifically to the Iridium Satellite phone network. Direct-Dialing to the Iridium Phone Regardless of where you are using the phone, […]

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Calling Emergency Services

To call Emergency Services from anywhere in the world, please dial: 112 This is the International Emergency Services number and your call will be automatically diverted to your local emergency services.

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Calls to Toll Free Numbers/Collect Calls

Please be advised that all calls are chargeable and this includes calls to “Toll-Free’ numbers / “Collect Calls”. These will be registered as standard calls and charged at the specified rate for the country in which you are currently located.  

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Calling Emergency Services

As the regional short codes for emergency services (112, 999, etc) are not supported by the Iridium network, you will need to call ‘regular’ phone numbers to reach the local emergency services. We strongly recommend that you look up the local numbers of the emergency services in the regions in which you intend to travel […]

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