Editor’s Note:We updated our Satellite Phone guide on October 16, 2024, to add our new top pick, the Iridium GO!, as well as additional testing feedback from a recent first ascent in the Ruth Gorge.

The satellite-to-phone trend we predicted last year didn't take off as expected, and one of the casualties was satellite network owner Iridium's severed partnership with chipmaker Qualcomm. Now on ...

Iridium on Track to Provide Standards-Based Satellite Service Direct to Phones Article Comments Sep 25, 2024, 10:11 AM by Rich Brome @rbrome.bsky.social ...

Most famously, two companies with grand projects for worldwide satellite phone coverage, Iridium and Globalstar, filed for bankruptcy at the beginning of the decade, wiping out billions in ...

Iridium operates a constellation of 66 low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, giving it global coverage so long as there's a clear view from the device to the sky.

Most famously, two companies with grand projects for worldwide satellite phone coverage, Iridium and Globalstar, filed for bankruptcy at the beginning of the decade.