The need for communications with global coverage is increasingly apparent. Iridium uses a fleet of Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites to provide total global coverage. Whether you are on a remote island in the South Pacific or in a deep mountain valley in Nepal, Iridium phones can make calls, send...

Satellite hotspots enable the iPhone, iPad and Android to connect from the remotest places on earth. This article covers the newest satellite hotspots for Iridium, Inmarsat, Thuraya and Globalstar. Some of these satellite hotspots provide broadband internet while others only allow texting and light email or photo-sharing. But, which is...

What is GEOS?Imagine that an Iridium 9575 EXTREME satellite phone user is traveling in a foreign country. Unexpectedly a medical emergency occurs. Our Iridium user is prepared. By simply pressing the S.O.S. button on his Iridium phone, emergency personnel half way around the world receive an emergency alert containing his...