U.S. semiconductor giant Qualcomm ended its partnership with satellite communications company Iridium to provide satellite-to-phone services. Iridium said that, while "the companies successfully ...

However, Iridium says it's now free to talk with other smartphone and chip vendors on enabling another satellite connectivity deal. A partnership between Qualcomm and Iridium to bring satellite ...

Fresh from its severed Qualcomm partnership, the satellite network company proposes its own solution to send text messages over low Earth orbit. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and ...

Qualcomm has revealed Snapdragon Satellite , the company's solution for connecting Android phones directly to satellites for truly global coverage. The feature uses the Iridium network, a satellite ...

McLean, Virginia-based Iridium, which operates a network of global communications satellites and sells satellite phone equipment, had record revenue last quarter due to satellite phone service demand.

Qualcomm has revealed Snapdragon Satellite, the company's solution for connecting Android phones directly to satellites for truly global coverage. The feature uses the Iridium network, a satellite ...

Left for dead by many observers in the IT and telecommunications worlds just seven years ago, the reborn Iridium Satellite LLC, which provides satellite-based communications services, is showing new ...

LAS VEGAS — In a broad stretch of desert 30 minutes from the glitz of the Strip, Qualcomm vice president Francesco Grilli pecks out a message on a partly translucent brick of a smartphone, then holds ...

Constellation operator Iridium has filed with Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) notification that it will introduce a satellite-based direct-to-smartphone service. Iridium told the SEC on ...

U.S. semiconductor giant Qualcomm ended its partnership with satellite communications company Iridium to provide satellite-to-phone services, Iridium announced on Thursday. Iridium stock fell more ...