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Iridium NEXT: Boosting Data Speeds, Improving DoD Space Awareness

Relevance Score: 5.939    2010-02-09 13:16:12

Most of us remember Iridium as the Motorola-backed, multi-billion dollar commercial satellite phone flop. The expensive, bulky phones, the $2 per minute airtime charge, and the inability to use the phone inside buildings doomed the project, which came online when the cell phone market was taking off.      Despite all these problems, ...

Stratos Launches Online Tool For Iridium Prepaid Phone Services.

Relevance Score: 5.361    2009-10-06 12:38:36

Mobile satellite services provider Stratos Global Corporation has informed that its Iridium phone service customers now can conveniently manage their prepaid services via the online Stratos Dashboard application.   Stratos is one of the first companies to offer its customers the option to instantly provision their Iridium post-paid phone ...

Third Annual 'Test Your Satellite Phone' Week To Encourage Emergency Communications Preparedness Launched By Iridium

Relevance Score: 5.198    2009-05-22 00:25:14

Iridium Satellite LLC announces the kickoff of its third annual "Test Your Satellite Phone" initiative. In cooperation with The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International, Iridium encourages emergency workers and first responders to make sure that that one of their most critical lifelines in a critical situation - their ...

Iridium Trade Up Program Pushes 9555 SatPhone.

Relevance Score: 5.122    2009-08-03 17:45:15

Iridium Satellite LLC (Iridium) is extending and expanding its popular Trade-Up to Iridium program to include its new-generation 9555 satellite phone.   Iridium launched the Trade-Up to Iridium initiative in January 2008 to deliver an opportunity for customers affected by the well-publicized degradation of Globalstar’s satellite voice service to take advantage ...

Iridium has inked three additional distribution partners in Mexico.

Relevance Score: 4.978    2009-11-26 14:40:09

To accelerate growth in the Mexican market, Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) informs it has inked three additional distribution partners in Mexico.   These three new partners supplement the distribution channel for the new "Iridium Mexico" subsidiary (or Iridium Comunicaciones de Mexico S.A.P.I de C.V.) that the company announced on October 21, ...

Iridium satellite phones for use by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan

Relevance Score: 4.894    2009-12-09 16:57:57

ITT Corporation has reportedly received a contract from the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division to supply 1,450 Iridium-based handheld tactical satellite communication devices for use by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.   According to ITT officials, as per the fixed-price contract, valued at $9.7 million, the company will ...

Iridium 9505A Satellite Phone.

Relevance Score: 4.654    2009-10-05 14:10:17

The Iridium 9505A satellite phone is a well-built handset with good access to an excellent satellite network, but its lack of features and high cost may deter potential purchasers.   The Iridium 9505A satellite phone is a well-built handset that offers good reception. It lacks advanced features and is very expensive, ...

Motorola Sues Iridium Companies for $24.7 Million

Relevance Score: 4.570    2010-02-11 14:05:51

Motorola Inc. sued two Iridium Communications Inc. units, claiming they owe the U.S. mobile phone maker $24.7 million.     In a complaint filed yesterday in a state courthouse in Chicago, Motorola alleges it is owed the money under the terms of a loan it made to Iridium Satellite LLC in 2000, which ...

Iridium Gets OK For Liquidation Plan.

Relevance Score: 4.496    2009-09-17 11:45:01

Iridium Operating LLC, the failed satellite-phone unit of Motorola Inc., won approval of a plan to liquidate, resolving its decade-long bankruptcy.   U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James Peck approved Iridium's so- called disclosure statement, or outline of its liquidation plan, in an ordered entered yesterday in Manhattan. The plan calls for general ...

Satellite Broadband Internet for US Troops

Relevance Score: 4.459    2009-11-27 13:52:11

TS2 Satellite Technologies' network in Iraq and Afghanistan has over 15 thousand military users of local broadband satellite connections. "We were among the first telecommunications operators in the satellite technology in the territory of Iraq and Afghanistan and as such we have enjoyed a successful cooperation with the US Army ...

Iridium Extends and Expands Trade-Up Program

Relevance Score: 4.433    2009-07-20 22:41:30

Iridium Satellite LLC (Iridium) announces that it is extending and expanding its popular Trade-Up to Iridium program to include its new-generation 9555 satellite phone.   Iridium launched the Trade-Up to Iridium initiative in January 2008 to provide an opportunity for customers affected by the well-publicized degradation of Globalstar's satellite voice service to ...

Iridium Develops Trade-Up Program.

Relevance Score: 4.418    2009-07-24 17:19:11

Iridium Satellite LLC (Iridium) informed that it is extending and expanding its popular Trade-Up to Iridium program to include its new-generation 9555 satellite phone.   Iridium launched the Trade-Up to Iridium initiative in January 2008 to deliver an opportunity for clients affected by the well-publicized degradation of Globalstar's satellite voice service ...

Iridium Activates 1,000th High-Bandwidth Maritime Satellite Terminal

Relevance Score: 4.262    2009-12-11 11:11:31

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) announces the activation of the 1,000th Iridium OpenPort(R) marine satellite terminal aboard the Euronav tanker MV Fraternity.   Iridium's service provider AND Group plc installed and commissioned the Iridium OpenPort unit, which utilizes AND's IPSignature communication management software for voice and data calls.   Wouter Deknopper, Iridium's director for Europe, ...

RFP Informes.

Relevance Score: 4.200    2009-08-03 17:55:11

A RFP for Iridium Satellite Equipment is active from the Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, with solicitation number FA2816-09-T-0007. Pricing is requested for the installation and labor of Iridium Satellite Antenna equipment, which will be used to enhance connectivity of existing Iridium satellite phones to the ...

New Mobile Phone Service Launches – Literally

Relevance Score: 4.180    2009-07-22 12:40:16

Imagine if you were a new mobile operator and you could deploy the infrastructure to provide coverage to the Continental United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Hawaii and Alaska in just one day? It can’t be done, you say, but TerraStar did exactly that on July 1st, 2009 ...

ITT Produce "Netted Iridium" Tactical Radio Handsets To Support U.S Troops In Iraq And Afghanistan.

Relevance Score: 4.087    2009-12-02 15:22:39

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) and ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) informed that ITT has received a contract from the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division to supply 1,450 Iridium-based handheld tactical satellite communication equipment for use by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.   Under the firm, fixed-price contract, valued at ...

Motorola could ground Iridium launch

Relevance Score: 4.061    2010-02-19 19:06:57

The past has a way of catching up with you. Iridium, the satellite phone company, has been working hard to re-invent itself following its 1999 bankruptcy. Last September it returned to the stock market through a reverse takeover, and has set about raising money for a new fleet of low-earth ...

Iridium Management Presents at Nomura Global Satellite Conference.

Relevance Score: 4.054    2009-06-16 02:06:47

GHL Acquisition Corp. (NYX: GHQ) ("GHL Acquisition") and Iridium Satellite LLC, a large provider of voice and data mobile satellite services, today jointly informed that Matt Desch, Chief Executive Officer of Iridium, is planned to deliver a presentation on June 17, 2009 at 9:10 a.m. GMT at the Nomura Global ...

Iridium Is Present On Russian Satellite Services Market.

Relevance Score: 4.040    2009-05-11 18:13:36

Iridium Satellite LLC makes U.S satellites available for the Russians. Bethesda-based Iridium Satellite announced today working on providing mobile satellite services to Russian market. That is why a new firm called "Iridium Communications Russia, OOO” was started. Iridium will use low-earth orbiting satellite constellation to deliver services where no other means of ...

Iridium Awarded A $21.7M Contract.

Relevance Score: 4.027    2009-06-10 02:17:45

A subsidiary of Iridium Satellite LLC has won a $21.7 million Navy contract to help develop and deliver a communications system for warfighters.   The system -- called the Distributed Tactical Communications System -- will deliver over-the-horizon, on-the-move, beyond line-of-sight netted voice and data communications over the Iridium network.  Bethesda-based Iridium Satellite’s ...

Iridium offers Russians their satellite services

Relevance Score: 3.997    2009-05-11 19:17:17

On Monday Iridium satellite LLC has announced that they are going to introduce their technology to russian market and forming a company Iridium Communications Russia, OOO. It is the first step to be able to provide satellite services in Russia. Iridium's satellite that have flown over the russian territory would ...

Commercial Fishing Vessels Switch to Iridium OpenPort(R) for Reliable, Cost-Effective Voice and Data Communications

Relevance Score: 3.996    2009-12-15 16:18:37

 Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) reports that its Iridium OpenPort(R) marine satellite system is winning an enthusiastic reception from commercial fishing fleets around the world.   One specific example is FV Aart Maaskant (UK95), which was one of the first Dutch commercial fishing vessels to be fitted with Iridium OpenPort. Gannexion BV, an ...

Iridium Communications Reports

Relevance Score: 3.896    2009-11-05 19:29:04

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) has engaged Goldman, Sachs & Co. as its lead global advisor on the financing of Iridium NEXT, the company's nexgen satellite constellation.   The company continues to expect to fund a substantial portion of the cost of Iridium NEXT from internally generated cash flow, as well as ...

New Satellite Services for US Military in Afghanistan and Iraq

Relevance Score: 3.838    2010-01-12 00:21:11

TS2 Satellite Technologies company is introducing new broadband services on Eutelsat EB4 & W6 satellites to the MENA Region. These types of telecommunication products are mainly used by the companies that execute contracts in the Near East and Asia, as well as by the soldiers that are stationed in Iraq ...

Iridium Communicates.

Relevance Score: 3.830    2009-10-07 14:21:38

Iridium Holdings LLC (“Iridium Holdings”) and GHL Acquisition Corp. (“GHL Acquisition”) have informed that the close of their transaction. Effective immediately, GHL Acquisition’s new name is Iridium Communications Inc. (“Iridium”), trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbols IRDM (common stock), IRDMW (warrants) and IRDMU (units).What is ...

Iridium 9555 new handheld satellite phone

Relevance Score: 3.787    2008-11-13 14:19:13

Iridium Satellite has unveiled its latest satellite phone, the 9555, which offers smaller dimensions and a form factor that is closer to traditional cell phones than its predecessor, the 9505A. The antenna is mostly internally stowed, allowing full extension only when the phone is being used. A speakerphone function, brighter ...

SatMAX Receives Antenna Order From ITT

Relevance Score: 3.764    2009-12-22 11:19:56

SatMAX Corp. (PINKSHEETS: SATM), a leading global provider of wireless, non-line-of-sight satellite communications products and services to the $46 billion groundbased satellite communications industry, announced that it has delivered an order for additional satellite communications antennae to defense industry giant ITT Corporation. This order comes on the heels of ITT's ...

Iridium Communication System launch.

Relevance Score: 3.758    2009-04-06 23:16:00

On Monday, March 30, Global Satellite announced the launch of a new Iridium-based communications system for offices, remote locations, military, aircraft, oil and gas, mining, and marine applications. The system allows Iridium satellite phones to operate as a telephone, Internet gateway, GPS device, SMS messenger and allowing it to attach ...

Iridium® Satellite Launches Second Annual 'Test Your Satellite Phone' Week

Relevance Score: 3.742    2009-03-06 22:29:12

To coincide with the start of this year's hurricane season, Iridium® Satellite kicks off its second annual "Test Your Satellite Phone" Week beginning May 25, 2008. Since its inception in 2007, thousands of emergency workers and first responders have taken the time to ensure that their one certain lifeline in ...

Trans-Atlantic Paddling With Iridium OpenPort.

Relevance Score: 3.729    2009-11-04 18:33:32

Iridium OpenPort(R), the newgen maritime high bandwidth satellite communication service from Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM), won rave reviews from the participants in the recently completed Cap Odyssee Challenge.   "We were very pleased with the performance and capabilities of the Iridium OpenPort system, which served as our primary communication link during ...

 

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