Iridium added 40 new IoT partners in 2025.
Iridium’s L-band spectrum has significant value and the company will consider business alliances that leverage its spectrum assets to maximize shareholder value.
Iridium is projecting flat to 2% service revenue growth for 2026.
Iridium’s voice and data service revenue was $232 million in 2025, up 3% year over year.
Iridium plans to expand its role in the aviation safety market by using satellite communications to send safety and operational data more efficiently than ground-based VHF towers.
Iridium NTN Direct is scheduled to enter service in 2026.
Iridium is targeting IoT expansion, positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) capabilities, national security work, and aviation systems as key growth areas.
Iridium will soon introduce a new IoT device that sets new standards for size, cost, and flexibility.
Iridium reported total revenue of $872 million in 2025, up 5% compared to 2024.
Iridium’s IoT data revenue was $181 million in 2025, up 9% year over year.
Iridium CTO Greg Pelton argued that trying to deliver service without dedicated global spectrum is inefficient for LEO satellite operators.
Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS), and commercial LEO PNT solutions such as Iridium and Xona operate in L-band.
Logos Space entered into a binding technical compatibility agreement with Iridium in January for planned operations in the 23.18–23.38 GHz band.
ApophisExL will test specialized instrumentation for asteroid prospecting to survey the body for precious metals such as platinum and iridium.
Iridium NEXT launches take place from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and Iridium planned a fourth launch in late November 2017 to continue constellation deployment toward completion in 2018.
Iridium has provided LEO satellite connectivity across the Arctic with its pole-to-pole satellite network for the last 25 years.
The Iridium network provides real-time global coverage and supports remote monitoring for armed forces, commercial shipping, polar weather data collection, long-range identification and tracking of ships, and voice and data connectivity for individual users.
The R-330Zh 'Zhitel' mobile jammer is capable of jamming commercial Inmarsat and Iridium receivers within a tactical local area.
Iridium, Viasat, Lynk, and Sateliot are active in specific regions or specialized applications within the satellite-enabled connectivity market.
Iridium's new IoT services are now live, and the Kuiper project by Amazon is in early development.