Signs Service Agreement With Radio Holland to Provide Shipboard Service in More Than 50 Ports Worldwide
Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) has announced it is establishing a Global Service Program for its Iridium OpenPort® broadband marine satellite communication product. Launching first quarter 2011, this new program aims to provide full-service shipboard support to any Iridium OpenPort customer at more than 50 ports around the globe. Iridium is the first mobile satellite service provider to offer full-service support of this kind for any of its products.
Iridium OpenPort is the world’s only global voice and data service specifically engineered for maritime use. The service leverages Iridium’s global constellation of 66 cross-linked low-Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites to provide pole-to-pole coverage for ships at sea.
