Iridium

Decreasing costs of satellite launches and lower capital outlays have enabled several new Small Satellite (SmallSat) operators (such as Swarm Technologies, Kepler, FOSSA Systems, Sateliot, Lacuna Space, HEAD Aerospace Group, and Totum Labs) to enter the satellite Internet-of-Things (IoT) market with low-cost and low-power satellite connectivity offerings.

Iridium Communications Inc., has announced that it has partnered with Laird Connectivity, a global provider in wireless technology, to integrate their low-powered sensors with the self-charging Iridium Edge Solar. Laird Connectivity’s Sentrius BT610 I/O and BT510+ IoT sensors connect to the Iridium Edge Solar over Bluetooth low energy (LE), adding a wealth of new capabilities and use cases for wireless, long

Iridium Communications Inc. announced the next wave of Iridium Certus service providers selected to deliver this next-generation satellite broadband solution for land-mobile applications. This group of six world-class service providers includes, Globalsat, IEC Telecom, Marlink, McQ, Pivotel and Tesam Argentina S.A.

McLean, Virginia, USA, May 29, 2014 (Globe Newswire) – Iridium Communications Inc. has announced it has extended its agreement to provide satellite connectivity to SkyBitz in support of their new SkyBitz as a Service (SBS) offering.

Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA. (BUSINESS WIRE) — ORBCOMM Inc., a global satellite data communications company specialising in two-way machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, today announced the appointment of Patrick Shay as executive vice president (EVP), Sales & Marketing.

-iDigi Device Cloud™ enables cloud connected devices over satellite networks.

The emerging M2M market is the primary reason behind Iridium’s growth to reach the half a million billable subscriber milestone this week.

Ilkley, W Yorkshire, UK. September 2011 – Digi International has announced that its ConnectPort® X5 R is now certified to use the Iridium (NASDAQ: IRDM) satellite network for global, two-way, low-latency data communications.

Global satellite tracking company Track 24 Solo is sponsoring the 2011 Mongol Rally team, the Social Media Syndicate, and will provide the team with its online Solo Viewer and a Packmaster Lo-Pro tracking and two-way messaging device.