Beam, a wholly owned subsidiary of World Reach Limited (ASX: WRR), has provided its PotsDock 9555 satellite communication solution to the charity group which can now overcome a lack of mobile phones services and poor UHF and HF Radios during day periods, particularly in an emergency situation,  when travelling in remote areas like Australia’s outback regions.

Just 4 Kids Motortrails now uses Beam’s PotsDock 9555 which is mounted in a car with a privacy handset for communicating in remote areas. The Iridium 9555 handset fits securely in the docking station which also features phone charging, RJ11/Pots, GPS, tracking and Bluetooth. The alert and tracking module can be configured to support periodic polling or emergency alert reporting.

“We travel extensively in remote areas where it is no phone service. Satellite communications is a life saver for us when something goes wrong,” Just 4 Kids Motorail Director Mark Louez said.

“One fundraiser event to the geological centre in Australia (Lamberts) saw us break two springs in our food wagon crossing from Cameron Corner to the Strzelecki Track, an extremely remote location in the middle of the desert. The accident delayed our arrival at Arkaroola for the night.

“Needing to feed 100 people a quick Iridium call to the chef at Arkaroola Village, some 400 km away in South Australia, we organised a meal for all of our personnel that evening. We were also able to call our spring manufacturer in Queensland to make arrangements for a new set of springs to be sent to Alice Springs.”