Four months after Apple’s event, Qualcomm previewed a competing feature for Android handsets that used Iridium’s satellite constellation to facilitate communications in remote areas.

The Iridium satellite constellation's fully crosslinked, LEO architecture and global L-band spectrum provides a competitive service advantage versus other LEO and geostationary satellite networks.

McLean, Virginia-based Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has closed its purchase of Satelles and launched a satellite-based time and location service as part of its portfolio of offerings. The ...

Iridium's primary advantage is its LEO satellite network, particularly the L-band constellation of 66 satellites, enabling robust service resilience against weather disruptions.

According to Iridium, the STL service uses the stronger broadcast paging channels of the Iridium satellite constellation to deliver precise timing information. This aims to provide global, secure time ...

Enabled by the Iridium satellite constellation's crosslinked LEO architecture, Iridium STL delivers truly global, secure time and location signals that are 1,000 times more powerful than GNSS ...

Qualcomm has revealed Snapdragon Satellite, the company's solution for connecting Android phones directly to satellites for truly global coverage. The feature uses the Iridium network, a satellite ...

With Iridium NTN Direct, MNOs will know they have a reliable partner with a fully deployed, owned and operated satellite constellation, unmatched coverage, globally coordinated mobile satellite ...

Uniquely, Iridium's constellation provides 100% global service, including over oceans and in polar regions. Existing 3GPP standards include optional NTN satellite service compatible with ...

Qualcomm terminated a partnership with satellite provider Iridium that highlights the tenuous and competitive nature of the satellite space.