Cyta adopts new roaming charges for satellite network calls ⋆

Cyta adopts new roaming charges for satellite network calls

Cyta said postpaid and prepaid soeasy plans’ outgoing calls to roaming to satellite networks will be charged EUR 10 per minute (including 19 percent VAT) as of 1 May. Cyta satellite

If you are a pay monthly customer that travels in remote locations of the world where GSM networks are not available, you may connect to Thuraya’s satellite network, which covers almost 40 percent of the planet.

To connect to Thuraya’s satellite network you need to insert your CYTAGSM SIM card in one of Thuraya’s satellite phones, which are currently available in Cyprus.

Thuraya’s satellite phones can operate efficiently in both satellite and GSM mode, automatically switching to satellite mode whenever you are out of the reach of a GSM network. Moreover, you have the flexibility to select between satellite and GSM modes through your phone’s menu.

Finally, most of Thuraya’s mobile phones offer location determination capability through GPS (Global Positioning System) with an accuracy of 100m, a powerful tool for navigational and personal security.

Where can I use it?

Thuraya’s satellite network offers coverage in European, Northern and Central African, Central Asian and Middle Eastern countries. Service is also available in the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Arabian Sea, the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Dead Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea and in parts of the Indian Ocean.

Cyta provides telemedicine services for Cyprus-Israel cooperation against COVID-19 Cyta satellite

According to a recent announcement, at the suggestion of the University of Nicosia School of Medicine and the Sheba Medical Centre in Israel, Famagusta General Hospital and the Sheba Medical Centre, the COVID-19 referral hospitals in the two countries respectively, a cooperation agreement was signed providing for the exchange of know-how related to managing cases of COVID-19 being treated in the two hospitals and to the treatment methods being implemented. At the same time, the Ministry of Health has linked the Intensive Care Unit at Famagusta General Hospital to its counterpart at the Sheba Medical Centre for the exchange of treatment protocols and experience to ensure the best possible support of patients.

For the implementation of this important agreement between the two countries, Cyta will offer the specialised know-how required for setting up and operating the telemedicine platform on behalf of Cyprus. At the same time, the Organisation will undertake responsibility for training users of the platform.