A new broadband slim microstrip antenna with a narrow ground plane for GPS (1575. 42 MHz), Glonass (1600 MHz), GSM (1800 MHz), LTE (1700 MHz), DAB (1452 MHz) and satellite phone (Iridium, 1616-1626. 5 MHz; Inmarsat and Ligado, 1525-1646. 5 MHz and Thuraya, 1525-1661 MHz) applications is proposed. The antenna is comprised of a slim rectangular patch, a shorting pin, and a meander-line structure. Its strip-like shape helps to be easily mounted inside the portable devices. The antenna has a dimension of approximately 0. 43λ ×0. 02λ ×0. 008λ while achieving a gain and an efficiency of 2. 4 dB and 95%, respectively. Using a defected ground plane the antenna impedance bandwidth (|S11|<− 6 dB) of 32. 6% from 1. 44 to 2 GHz is observed. In order to validate simulation results, a prototype of the proposed printed antenna is fabricated and tested. Good agreement between the simulation and measurement results is obtained.