Iridium Communications

Iridium Communications, Inc. operates as a commercial provider of communications services offering true global coverage, connecting people, organizations and assets to and from anywhere, in real time. The company is headquartered in Mclean, Virginia and currently employs 975 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2008-02-15. The firm enables connections between people, organizations and assets to and from anywhere, in real time. Together with its ecosystem of partner companies, it delivers a portfolio of solutions for markets that require global communications. Its principal vertical lines of business include land mobile, maritime, aviation, IoT, hosted payloads and other data services, which includes navigation and timing (PNT), and the United States government. Its products include Iridium 9555, Iridium Extreme satellite phones, Iridium Extreme PTT, Iridium GO! Iridium GO!, and others. The company provides voice and data communications services to businesses, the United States and foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, and consumers via its satellite network, which has an architecture of 66 operational satellites with in-orbit spares and related ground infrastructure.