"Thanks to Preferred Communications of Butner, North Carolina, for their support of The North Carolina Zoo's continuing projects in Africa. We recently arrived in the USA, back from Africa, relatively in one piece...no robberies or other high crimes, though we were beginning to wonder after our vehicle broke down 50 miles from the closest town and we ended up waiting 14 hours for a rescue vehicle...

We used the Iridium satphone then to bail ourselves out, and we used it throughout the trip, including sending journal entries to students in the US via the modem and also keeping up with the changing terrorism threat level and the Columbia disaster...it worked flawlessly, and has turned out to be an absolutely critical piece of equipment for our field team." Visit The Elephants of Cameroon at this link.

Preferred Communications is proud to have been a supplier to Craig Calonica on his recent Expeditions to climb the highest peaks on each of the seven continents.

"Thanks again for all your help, without you guys this whole thing would not be possible, no satphone, no website reports, no sponsor links, no nothing, I really appreciate that and will help you in any way I can. Craig"

Visit Craig at Himalayan Heli-Skiing Adventures.

"As the director of an international non profit organization that works in northern Mongolia, tough logistics and safety considerations are a challenging and often stressful part of the job. But with support from Preferred Communications, our organization was able to confront the challenge of remote communications head on. Preferred Communications' generous underwriting of an Iridium satellite phone backed with unbeatable customer service offered our organization a valuable tool, not to mention true peace of mind. Having a satellite phone in the field means safer, more effective work, and allows every member of our team to feel secure, even in the most remote locations on the globe." Visit us at www.itgel.org.

I was happy to have the phone (Iridium 9505A) with me in Nepal. We had a medical emergency up high in the mountains and the phone greatly facilitated the process. It's wonderful technology. Visit me at www.skiphorner.com.