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  • Iridium, Furuno Form Satcom Alliance for Japanese Clients; Bryan Hartin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium, Furuno Form Satcom Alliance for Japanese Clients; Bryan Hartin Comments

    Iridium Communications and Furuno Electric have inked an agreement to offer Iridium’s satellite services to customers in Japan. Furuno Electric will incorporate Iridium Pilot antennas, Iridium GO! smartphone access device, Iridium Extreme handset and the Iridium Short Burst Data service into the company’s satellite communications portfolio, Iridium said Monday. “Together, we’ll be enabling more ships […] More

  • Iridium to Provide Global Satellite Coverage for MiX Telematics Fleet Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium to Provide Global Satellite Coverage for MiX Telematics Fleet Mgmt

    Iridium Communications and MiX Telematics have partnered to demonstrate global satellite communications coverage at the Bauma Conexpo Africa trade fair scheduled this week in South Africa. MiX Telematics said Monday the partnership works to expand its fleet and mobile asset management offering from terrestrial to satellite systems. “[Fleet] managers will be able to track and manage their valuable assets and […] More

  • Iridium to Offer Satellite-Based Wi-Fi Hotspot Platform; Bryan Hartin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium to Offer Satellite-Based Wi-Fi Hotspot Platform; Bryan Hartin Comments

    Iridium Communications has unveiled a global satellite-based Wi-Fi hotspot service to provide mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets with voice and data connectivity beyond the coverage of terrestrial networks. The company said Monday the Iridium GO! offering includes free applications for voice calls and texting and access to email, Web, weather and social media. Bryan Hartin, executive vice president for […] More

  • Bryan Hartin: Iridium Aims to Help ZTR Extend Network Coverage for Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bryan Hartin: Iridium Aims to Help ZTR Extend Network Coverage for Customers

    Iridium Communications will provide its M2M Short Burst Data technology to industrial telematics company ZTR Control Systems for satellite connectivity and wide-scale data services coverage. Iridium said Wednesday it will work to automatically route data with the ZTR inReach telematics device starting in April. Bryan Hartin, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Iridium, said the company will launch […] More

  • Bryan Hartin: Iridium's New Broadband Comm Tool for Individuals, Enterprises - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bryan Hartin: Iridium’s New Broadband Comm Tool for Individuals, Enterprises

    Iridium Communications has moved to extend the coverage of its broadband platform by launching a new communications offering for customers to access the Internet and obtain voice-calling services from different locations. The Iridium Pilot Land Station is based on the OpenPort broadband technology and is designed to work in rough conditions through Iridium’s constellation of 66 […] More