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Iridium

A precious metal that is extremely resistant to corrosion. It is used mainly for scientific and industrial purposes for which resistance to corrosion at high temperatures is needed. With only three metric tons of iridium produced and used each year, it is traded as a commodity on various security exchanges. Like many precious metals, iridium is volatile, but generally maintains relatively high prices.

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Beyond safety services, Iridium Certus will deliver flight deck and business cabin-friendly internet capabilities such as electronic flight bag services, graphical weather, blackbox streaming, email, credit card processing, VPN access and social media posting and monitoring.

Iridium, Thales expand partnership

Iridium enables connections between people, organizations and assets to and from anywhere, in real time.

Iridium and Thales Expand Partnership to Deliver Aircraft Connectivity Services; A global leader in aviation, Thales will now be able to provide both the avionics and connectivity service for Iridium CertusA[R]

Given the global scope of their project, Motorola and Iridium (which was subsequently spun off as a separate corporation) needed to secure permission to transmit signals into every country's territory and form partnerships with local telecommunications providers.

A Telephone for the World: Iridium, Motorola, and the Making of a Global Age

Iridium selected SpaceX in March 2010 to be the sole launch partner for the Iridium NEXT.

SpaceX launches final batch of next-gen satellites

Iridium CloudConnect will completely change the speed at which a satellite IoT solution can be deployed and will allow existing AWS customers to keep everything the same on the back end, while opening up the opportunity to quickly expand their coverage.

Amazon And Iridium Communications Are Sending The Cloud To Space

The Iridium satellite constellation, which is owned by Iridium Communications, provides voice and data coverage to satellite phones and pagers over the Earth's entire surface.

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Iridium's Brian Pemberton told me the data-centric Iridium-NEXT infrastructure has the flexibility to adapt to current and future datacomm devices at more attractive pricing.

SpaceX launches: a critical boost for iridium

"We are confident in Iridium's ability to further extend our reach now and for many years to come with its current global network, and future next-generation network," said Ichiro Nakano, VP for both Komatsu's development division and ICT solutions division.

Iridium to provide global telematics for Komatsu

All the clocks in the spa are set to midnight, and the with the signature Iridium Bespoke Massage, guests can choose from 60, 90, and 120 minute treatments in a preferred style of massage, ranging from Swedish, deep tissue, hot stone, Balinese and pre-natal.

The St. Regis Dubai launches Iridium Spa

This radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) is designed to be used in Iridium's current L band satellite system, as well as Iridium NEXT,

S3 GROUP INTRODUCES RADIO TRANCEIVER FOR MODEMS

Iridium will be able to take advantage of deploying up to five different applications on the Radisys T-Series platform.

IRIDIUM LEVERAGES RADISYS' T-SERIES COTS

GIT Satellite Communications has confirmed that GIT Satellite Communications X-Track Asset Management System has met the requirements necessary to be designated as an Iridiumâ LBS Premium Portal Provider in connection with the Iridium Extreme satellite phone.