Putting satellite phone to global connection test
Los Angeles Times - Iridium Satellite brags that it is the only truly global phone service: It can keep you connected no matter where you are, from the middle of the Amazon jungle to the North and South poles. I wasn’t about to trek to Antarctica to verify the boast
Qualcomm’s chip chief looks to 4G
Electronic Engineering Times - The original model for GPS was as an adjunct function to the cell phone, and all Is there still a role for low-Earth-orbit wireless networks, such as Iridium, or I’m not convinced there is a satellite business for the consumer market. In the
Finding their calling
Peoria Journal Star - Iridium, which like Globalstar is another satellite carrier that Bastien hopes to bring on board next year. Bastien’s firm has expanded right along with the cell-phone industry itself. While the number of U.S. cell phone subscribers increased from 340