Iridium

[soyuztma]

<p>Iridium seems to be on the road to profit and maybe even an IPO. Good news for launch providers: iridium is looking for launch capacity for their next set of 75 satellites.</p><p>Iridium: 7 Years Out Of Bankruptcy, Satellite Communications Player Eyes A 2009 IPO:&nbsp;</p><p>http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/02/22/iridium-7-years-out-of-bankruptcy-satellite-communications-player-eyes-a-2009-ipo/?mod=googlenews_barrons</p><p>Satellite phone provider Iridium at almost 250,000 users</p><p>http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/36195/145/</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Iridium seems to be on the road to profit and maybe even an IPO. Good news for launch providers: iridium is looking for launch capacity for their next set of 75 satellites.http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/02/22/iridium-7-years-out-of-bankruptcy-satellite-communications-player-eyes-a-2009-ipo/?mod=googlenews_barronshttp://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/36195/145/ <br />Posted by soyuztma</DIV></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Really?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What are their current per minute rates?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /><br />&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[soyuztma]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>&nbsp;Really?&nbsp;What are their current per minute rates?&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Posted by meteorwayne</DIV><br />Quoting the TG Daily article:</p><p>"Iridium prepaid calling cards start at about $145 for 75 minutes and go up to $4250 for 5000 minutes, which translates into per minute charges between $0.85 and $1.93."&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>