When other forms of terrestrial and wireless communication fail, satellite based  phones have often proved to be the only means of communication.  
Recent developments  which we report upon alongside  in our main story,  hold out the hope of a truly global  satellite backed  communication network which can usefully deployed to create  adhoc local broadband networks.  
We bring  you a few images from the  tragic  earthquake in Nepal in April this year, where   satellite communication and  Broadband Global Area Networks (BGAN)  helped create that vital umbilical of hope and information  for hundreds and thousands of affected people.  The pictures show   emergency telecom agency Telecoms Sans Frontieres  and Inmarsat's own teams  on the scene, creating   vital communication infrastructure in quake-ridden Nepal in April this year.  July 22 2015