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Iridium Services
The Iridium Fax Service allows a fax to be sent or received anywhere in the world, via a Group 3 fax machine connected to an Iridium phone.
The Iridium Fax solution is divided into two key components: The Fax Adapter and the Fax Server. The Fax Adapter is a small hardware device that operates as an intermediary between a Group 3 fax machine and an Iridium phone (ISU or LBT). The Fax Server is a store-and-forward platform located at the Iridium Gateway in Tempe, Arizona. The Fax Server brokers transmissions between the Iridium Network and the PSTN network.
The Fax Server uses mobile terminated SMS messages to communicate with the Fax Adapter. The Fax Adapter issues commands to the phone
that cause inbound SMS-Mobile Terminated messages to be redirected out the phone’s data port to the Fax Adapter, rather than being shown on the
phone’s display. For this reason, the user will not be able to receive SMS-Mobile Terminated messages on the phone’s display when the Fax Adapter
is connected to the phone.
If the user disconnect the Fax Adapter from the phone, he / she have to reconnect it if he / she want to be able to receive mobile terminated faxes.
Because the Fax Adapter utilizes the data port on the phone, Fax service and Data services cannot be used simultaneously.
Mobile Originated faxes can be sent either from Iridium Sattelite Unit to PSTN or from Iridium Sattelite Unit to another Iridium Sattelite Unit. In either case, faxes are limited to a maximum of 10 pages.
Fax machines are configured to work correctly in the country in which they are sold. The Fax Adapter, by default, is configured to work correctly
with North American fax machines. The Fax Adapter configuration can be changed to support fax machines from the following countries:
Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan,
Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA and Vietnam.