SOLVING INDUSTRY CHALLENGES WITH GLOBAL VISIBILITY

Trucking pushes into new territory everyday — but the moment a route leaves the reach of cellular towers, visibility breaks down. Blind spots make it harder to maximize utilization, maintain compliance, and keep costs under control.

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Global Scalability

With dependable connectivity everywhere your fleet operates, workflows stay consistent across borders, reducing exception costs and eliminating surprise roaming charges.

Global Resilience

Satellite fallback maintains mission-critical connectivity during natural disasters or terrestrial network outages, protecting SLAs and customer commitments.

Stronger Compliance

Continuous tracking data and event logs maintain an unbroken audit trail through cellular coverage gaps, minimizing friction with insurance, customs, and freight billing.

Visibility Without Overspend

We provide satellite failover only when needed, maintaining visibility through cellular gaps while keeping data costs low and fleet operations efficient and uninterrupted.
IoT Terminals

Engineered to go the Distance

Easy to deploy and easy to manage, Iridium IoT terminals are designed for rapid adoption, accelerating time to value. The Iridium Edge® family of products — Iridium Edge®, Edge® Pro, and Iridium Edge® Solar — offer purpose-built, scalable satellite connectivity right out of the box.

  • Compact designs and flexible mounting make Iridium Edge devices quick to install with no complex wiring.
  • Low-power and self-powered options support multi-year deployments with minimal maintenance
  • Rugged, IP-rated enclosures with 180° line of sight keeps devices performing around obstructions and through extreme temperatures, moisture, vibration, and road grime.


 

Iridium Edge® Solar

Flexible Developer-Driven Modules

Our ultra-slim modules give developers a simple, reliable path to satellite connectivity. They integrate cleanly into products of any size, add cloud-ready data to existing designs, and streamline new hardware development with a future-proof foundation.

IoT Data

Small Message Sizes, Big Business Impact

For industrial use cases, we offer two proven data services, optimized for power-constrained assets, cloud-native ingress, and two-way connectivity.

  • Iridium Short Burst Data® (SBD®) — a simple, cost-efficient packet-based service, ideal for applications relying on frequent transmissions of smaller data packets, like sensor reports or heartbeat messages.
  • Iridium Messaging Transport (IMT) — a cloud-integrated service that handles payloads up to 100kB; preferred for applications with larger messages, images, audio or file transfers.
     

When Connectivity Becomes Business Value

With Iridium as backbone coverage, trucking operations gain continuous visibility, resilient compliance, and tighter control of risk and cost — translating connectivity into stronger margins and self-reinforcing competitive edge.

Ensure Cargo Integrity

Monitor conditions like, temperature/humidity, door events, shock/tilt, and tamper alerts; detect excursions, safeguard sensitive loads from spoilage or damage.

Deter Theft and Diversion

Leverage live location tracking and route adherence alerts for faster response and improved recovery outcomes while reducing loss exposure on high value shipments.

Optimize asset utilization

Reduce dwell time and empty miles, enable faster trailer turns and tighter dispatching with always-on location and status data — and get more revenue miles from the same assets.

Meet Sustainability Demands

Use continuous telemetry to achieve idling reduction, fuel and route optimization, get eco driving insights and ensure accurate emissions accounting across every mile.

Enable Predictive Maintenance

Stream engine hours, fault codes, and key health signals from anywhere; trend anomalies and schedule service proactively to avoid roadside failures and unplanned downtime.

Cut Operational Costs

Minimize check calls, detention fees, and manual rescheduling with improved ETA updates and yard/dock coordination so teams can manage by exception instead of chasing status checks.

Autonomous Systems

Built for Autonomous Trucking

Autonomous and semi-autonomous trucking depends on uninterrupted data, precise telemetry, and resilient command-and-control links. We provide a global safety net that fills the cellular gaps and helps ensure situational awareness, system health, and remote oversight remain intact to your destination.

Voice Anywhere

Dependable Calls at Every Mile

Iridium satellite phones deliver clear, reliable voice service wherever cellular coverage fades. Built for tough environments and long days on the move, they offer a lifeline for crews who need simple, dependable communication in remote or rapidly changing conditions.

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Teamwide Coordination

Instant, Reliable Global PTT

Iridium Push-to-Talk keeps teams connected across any distance with the speed and clarity of traditional radio, delivered through a truly global satellite network. Interoperable with traditional LMR systems, crews gain instant, group-based communication that works the moment it’s needed, without waiting on terrestrial coverage or local infrastructure.

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Case Study

Logistics Tracking in Remote Regions

Iridium Edge® Pro
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Iridium connected solutions provide vital information to logistics responders and vehicle owners increasing safety and efficiency.

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Keep Moving Forward with Iridium

Leveraging our global network, you can achieve new levels of efficiency and security in your operations, maximizing the value of every asset in your fleet.