Iridium can now compete more directly with Inmarsat in maritime connectivity after gaining GMDSS certification from the International Maritime Organization. Credit: Iridium This story was updated May ...

PARIS — Mobile satellite services providers Inmarsat and Iridium Communications, which by most counts occupy the top two slots in market share, have extended their rivalry to include dueling ...

FILE PHOTO: Staff at satellite communications company Inmarsat work in front of a screen showing subscribers using their service throughout the world, at their headquarters in London March 25, 2014.

Iridium has officially launched its own Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) service, providing a single terminal for emergency data and voice communications that company leaders said ...

Mobile satcoms operator Iridium is aiming to launch a competitor for Inmarsat’s new SwiftBroadband 432kbit/sec data service within the next 18 months. Executive VP Greg Ewert said here yesterday that ...

Iridium Communications and possibly China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System will have the chance to offer satellite-based safety services to mariners after an International Maritime Organization ...

A year after completing launch of their Iridium-NEXT constellation, the Iridium Corporation has marked a major milestone with certification of the constellation for use in the Global Maritime Distress ...

North American air-ground communications provider AirCell (booth 4244) yesterday unveiled a uniquely flexible satellite communications solution for operators of medium to large corporate aircraft. The ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "US Government and Military Satellite Market, Forecast to 2022" report to their offering. The US government is the ...

Britain's Inmarsat will lose its monopoly in maritime safety communications after the International Maritime Organization gave Iridium and China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System the green light to ...