[gilliam]

SATCOM is a type of satellite phone that use to be made by Motorola. The company that manages the satellites is now is called IRIDIUM.

http://www.iridium.com/

-bill

[gilliam]

You can get access to IRIDIUM (SATCOM) systems from Russia, China, US, France companies, among others.

[Poohbah]

SATCOM is a type of satellite phone that use to be made by Motorola.

Bzzt. Wrong answer; thank you for playing.

SATCOM is an abbreviation of "Satellite Communications." It is a generic term, referring to all satellite communications relays. The term used here was "SATCOM radio," which implies that the device was NOT a phone.