Iridium Brings Truly Global Connectivity to Smartphones Building upon our 25-year reputation of providing reliable connectivity outside of cellular coverage, we’re excited to announce our next step in making satellite communications even more accessible to ...
What are Autonomous Systems and How Does SATCOM Play a Role? Autonomous systems help machines perform and communicate predetermined tasks and make decisions without the need for human interaction. These systems can be integrated with satellite communications for drones ...
Defining Satellite Push-To-Talk (PTT): What Is Interoperability? Explaining & Showcasing Notable Use Cases In this article, we highlight a key component of Iridium® PTT – interoperability – and show real-life examples of Iridium PTT in action. For an Iridium PTT overview ...
Iridium’s Angle on Agribusiness? Pro-Tractor What is agribusiness and how does Iridium® play a vital role in the market’s ability to stay connected beyond cellular coverage? Agribusinesses, companies focused on farming, livestock, and ...
Airplanes and Drones and Helicopters, Oh My! How Iridium® connectivity is safely and reliably connecting an evolving, diverse global airspace Ever wonder how a plane that is flying 400-500 miles per hour, 30,000 feet off ...
Q&A with Iridium CEO, Matt Desch – 15 Questions to Celebrate 15 Years 15 years ago, on September 21, 2006, Matt Desch became Iridium’s Chief Executive Officer. After cycling though five CEOs in five years, Iridium welcomed Matt, who proceeded to ...
On Cloud 66 Series (Part 3): Getting Stacked with AWS CloudFormation Modules Welcome back to Cloud 66! In case you missed our first or second posts in the series, we introduced the Iridium CloudConnect Short Burst Data (SBD) on Amazon ...
Defining Satellite Push-To-Talk (PTT): Extending Real-Time Group Communication Beyond Traditional Tower-Based Networks What is satellite PTT? Typically, when people think of Push-To-Talk (PTT) technology, standard “walkie talkies” and high frequency (HF) radios or Land Mobile Radios (LMR) come to ...
On Cloud 66 Series (Part 2): How Iridium® CloudConnect Makes Your Connected Server Application Simple, Flexible (and Fun!) Welcome back to Cloud 66! We missed you. In case you missed our first post, we introduced the Iridium CloudConnect Short Burst Data® (SBD®) on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Quick Start, and gave an overview of how this resource helps developers and their teams implement the service. For this edition, we wanted to get even more technical, and to take you on a deep dive of the different ways developers can use Iridium CloudConnect for their cloud-based back-end applications. So, without further ado, let’s dive in.
What is Satellite IoT and How is it Used? The Internet of Things (IoT) is a world in and of itself with “smart” technology impacting nearly all facets of society. When the average person thinks about IoT, ...
