{"slug":"iridium","name":"이리듐","name_en":"Iridium Communications","ticker":"IRDM","updated_at":"2026-07-12T04:02:30.988+00:00","canonical":"https://valuechain.wiki/iridium","same_as":["https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/IRDM","https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=1418819"],"citable":"밸류체인 그래프 기준 이리듐의 직접 연결 기업은 3곳(관계 기준 공급 2·매출 1)이고, 사슬을 2차까지 넓히면 6곳에 닿는다. 링크의 근거 출처는 9건이며 그중 1차공시가 4건이다 (valuechain.wiki, 2026-07-12 기준).","citable_en":"Per the valuechain.wiki graph, Iridium Communications is directly linked to 3 companies (2 supply, 1 revenue relationships) and reaches 6 companies within two hops; the links are backed by 9 dated sources, 4 of them primary filings (as of 2026-07-12).","kicker":"전 지구 LEO 음성·데이터·IoT 위성망","kicker_en":"Global LEO voice, data and IoT constellation","lead":"이리듐은 66기의 상호연결 저궤도 위성으로 지구 전역에 음성·데이터·IoT를 제공하는 유일한 완전글로벌 이동위성통신 사업자다. 2025년 매출 8억7,170만 달러(+5%), OEBITDA 4억9,530만 달러, 가입자 약 254만명을 기록했다. 매출의 약 29%가 미국 정부(EMSS 고정가 계약)에서 나오는데 이 계약이 2026년 9월 만료라 갱신이 핵심 변수다. 3GPP NTN 표준 기반 D2D 서비스 \"Iridium NTN Direct\"를 2026년 상용화할 계획이다.","lead_en":"Iridium is the only fully global mobile-satellite operator, running a 66-satellite crosslinked LEO mesh that delivers voice, data and IoT everywhere on Earth. FY2025 revenue was $871.7 million (up 5%) with $495.3 million of OEBITDA and about 2.54 million subscribers. Roughly 29% of revenue comes from the U.S. government under the fixed-price EMSS contract, which expires in September 2026, making renewal the key variable. Its 3GPP NTN-based direct-to-device service, Iridium NTN Direct, is slated for 2026 commercialization.","segments":{"parts":[{"desc":"매출의 약 61%를 차지하는 본업 — 음성·데이터·IoT·호스티드 페이로드로, 254만 가입자 기반의 반복 매출이 위성망의 높은 고정비를 떠받친다. IoT·D2D(NTN Direct)가 성장 축.","name":"상업 서비스 (음성·데이터·IoT·호스티드 페이로드)"},{"desc":"매출의 약 29%를 책임지는 고정가 EMSS 계약(연 $110.5M) — 무제한 국방·연방 가입자에게 airtime을 제공하는 안정 축이나, 2026년 9월 만료라 갱신이 최대 단일 변수다.","name":"미국 정부 서비스 (EMSS)"},{"desc":"위성 단말·모듈 하드웨어 판매(매출 ~9%) — 서비스 가입의 진입점 역할을 하는 상대적 저마진 축으로, 파트너(예: 가민 VAM)를 통해 생태계를 넓힌다.","name":"장비 판매"},{"desc":"정부·상업 고객 대상 엔지니어링·지원 서비스 — 규모는 작지만 특수 계약 기반의 부가 매출 축이다.","name":"엔지니어링·지원"}],"total":"FY2025 매출 $871.7M","concentration":"상업 ~61%·미국 정부 ~29%·장비 ~9% (EMSS 2026-09 만료)"},"segments_en":{"parts":[{"desc":"About 61% of revenue — voice, data, IoT and hosted payloads; recurring revenue from a 2.54m-subscriber base carries the constellation's high fixed costs, with IoT and direct-to-device (NTN Direct) the growth axis.","name":"Commercial services (voice, data, IoT, hosted payloads)"},{"desc":"About 29% of revenue via the fixed-price EMSS contract ($110.5M/yr) — airtime for an unlimited number of defense/federal users, a stable anchor, but its September 2026 expiry is the single biggest variable.","name":"U.S. government services (EMSS)"},{"desc":"Sales of satellite terminals and modules (~9% of revenue) — a relatively low-margin line that serves as the on-ramp to service subscriptions, widening the ecosystem through partners (e.g., Garmin as a VAM).","name":"Equipment sales"},{"desc":"Engineering and support services for government and commercial customers — small, but a value-add revenue line based on specialized contracts.","name":"Engineering and support"}],"total":"FY2025 revenue $871.7M","concentration":"Commercial ~61%, U.S. government ~29%, equipment ~9% (EMSS expires Sept 2026)"},"returns_yearly":{"2021":5,"2022":24.5,"2023":-19.1,"2024":-28.1,"2025":-38.5,"2026":190.7},"return_asof":"2026-07-10","value_chain":{"leading":[{"slug":"textron","name":"텍스트론","name_en":"Textron","tier":2,"returns_yearly":{"2021":59.9,"2022":-8.2,"2023":13.7,"2024":-4.8,"2025":14.1,"2026":4.3}},{"slug":"garmin","name":"가민","name_en":"Garmin","tier":1,"returns_yearly":{"2021":15.9,"2022":-30.2,"2023":43.1,"2024":63.3,"2025":-0.1,"2026":20.8}}],"benefiting":[{"slug":"spacex","name":"스페이스X","name_en":"SpaceX","tier":1,"returns_yearly":{"2026":0.7}},{"slug":"thales","name":"Thales","name_en":"Thales","tier":1,"returns_yearly":{"2021":12.5,"2022":52.5,"2023":14,"2024":17.8,"2025":66.6,"2026":-11.6}},{"slug":"stmicroelectronics","name":"ST마이크로일렉트로닉스","name_en":"STMicroelectronics","tier":2,"returns_yearly":{"2021":32.4,"2022":-26.8,"2023":41.7,"2024":-49.7,"2025":5.3,"2026":176.6}},{"slug":"airbus","name":"에어버스","name_en":"Airbus","tier":2,"returns_yearly":{"2021":34.8,"2022":3.9,"2023":30.5,"2024":15,"2025":18.3,"2026":3.9}},{"slug":"cohu","name":"코후","name_en":"Cohu","tier":3,"returns_yearly":{"2021":-0.2,"2022":-15.9,"2023":10.4,"2024":-24.6,"2025":-12.8,"2026":141.4}},{"slug":"wolfspeed","name":"울프스피드","name_en":"Wolfspeed","tier":3,"returns_yearly":{"2026":102.7}},{"slug":"cadence","name":"Cadence Design Systems","name_en":"Cadence Design Systems","tier":3,"returns_yearly":{"2021":36.6,"2022":-13.8,"2023":69.6,"2024":10.3,"2025":4,"2026":22.9}},{"slug":"voyager-technologies","name":"보이저 테크놀로지스","name_en":"Voyager Technologies","tier":3,"returns_yearly":{"2026":19.2}},{"slug":"ge-aerospace","name":"GE 에어로스페이스","name_en":"GE Aerospace","tier":3,"returns_yearly":{"2021":9.7,"2022":-10.9,"2023":95.7,"2024":64.8,"2025":85.7,"2026":17}},{"slug":"rtx","name":"RTX","name_en":"RTX","tier":3,"returns_yearly":{"2021":23.3,"2022":20,"2023":-14.4,"2024":40.8,"2025":61.4,"2026":7.6}},{"slug":"toray-industries","name":"도레이","name_en":"Toray Industries","tier":3,"returns_yearly":{"2021":8.3,"2022":12.5,"2023":-4.8,"2024":49.2,"2025":7.5,"2026":1.3}},{"slug":"synopsys","name":"Synopsys","name_en":"Synopsys","tier":3,"returns_yearly":{"2021":42.1,"2022":-13.4,"2023":61.3,"2024":-5.7,"2025":-3.2,"2026":-5.2}},{"slug":"leonardo","name":"Leonardo","name_en":"Leonardo S.p.A.","tier":3,"returns_yearly":{"2021":11.3,"2022":50.3,"2023":73.6,"2024":89.1,"2025":88.1,"2026":-6.8}},{"slug":"kai","name":"한국항공우주산업 (KAI)","name_en":"Korea Aerospace Industries","tier":3,"returns_yearly":{"2021":15.4,"2022":34.6,"2023":7,"2024":5.5,"2025":217.9,"2026":-14}},{"slug":"arianegroup","name":"아리안그룹","name_en":"ArianeGroup","tier":3,"returns_yearly":null}],"analysis":"이리듐의 핵심 논점은 66기 상호연결 LEO 콘스텔레이션이라는 '유일 완전글로벌' 해자와, 그 위에 얹힌 두 개의 상반된 사이클이다. 매출의 29%를 책임지는 미국 정부 고정가 EMSS 계약(연 $110.5M)이 2026년 9월 만료되는 것이 최대 단일 변수로, 갱신 조건이 향후 현금흐름의 하방을 규정한다. 반대로 성장 옵션은 3GPP NTN 기반 D2D 서비스(Iridium NTN Direct)와 IoT로, 스마트폰 직접연결 시장이 열리면 254만 가입자 기반 위에 새 수요층이 얹힌다. 그래프상 이리듐은 SpaceX(발사)·탈레스(위성 제작)에 대한 비용 노드이자 미 정부·Aireon(ADS-B 호스팅)·가민에 대한 매출 노드로, 콘스텔레이션이 이미 배치돼 고정비가 큰 만큼 증분 가입자·계약 하나하나가 이익 레버리지로 직결된다.","analysis_en":"The core question for Iridium is a moat — the only fully global, 66-satellite crosslinked LEO mesh — carrying two opposing cycles. The single biggest variable is the September 2026 expiry of the fixed-price U.S. government EMSS contract ($110.5M/yr, 29% of revenue), whose renewal terms set the floor for future cash flow. The offsetting growth option is 3GPP NTN-based direct-to-device (Iridium NTN Direct) and IoT: if the smartphone direct-connect market opens, a new demand layer stacks onto the 2.54m-subscriber base. In graph terms Iridium is a cost node to SpaceX (launch) and Thales (satellite build) and a revenue node to the U.S. government, Aireon (ADS-B hosting) and Garmin; with the constellation already deployed and fixed costs high, each incremental subscriber or contract converts directly into profit leverage.","analysis_asof":"2026-07-09"},"edges":[{"direction":"revenue","counterparty":"미 정부·국방 (EMSS)","counterparty_slug":null,"confidence":"high","metric":{"type":"contract_value","unit":"USD million","as_of":"2025-12-31","basis":"EMSS 7년 고정가 계약(연 $110.5M, 6개월 연장옵션)","value":738.5,"period":"2019-09~2026-09","basis_en":"EMSS 7-year fixed-price contract ($110.5M/yr, one 6-month extension option)"},"note":"이리듐은 미국 정부와 다년 고정가 EMSS 계약을 맺어 무제한 수의 국방부·연방정부 가입자에게 위성 airtime을 제공한다. 2019년 9월 체결 시 7년 총액 $738.5M, 현재 연간 고정요율 $110.5M(2026년 9월까지). FY2025 정부 서비스매출은 계약요율 인상으로 전년비 성장.","note_en":"Iridium supplies satellite airtime to an unlimited number of U.S. government/DoW users under a multi-year fixed-price EMSS contract: $738.5M total over 7 years at signing (Sept 2019), current annual fixed rate $110.5M through Sept 2026 (one six-month extension option).","sources":[{"stance":"confirms","publisher":"미국 증권거래위원회(SEC EDGAR)","publisher_en":"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR)","kind":"filing","lang":"en","published_at":"2026-02-12","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000141881926000009/irdm-20251231.htm","title":"Iridium Communications Inc. Form 10-K (FY2025)","title_en":"Iridium Communications Inc. Form 10-K (FY2025)","excerpt":"At signing in September 2019, the EMSS contract had a total value of $738.5 million over its seven-year term ending in September 2026. The current fixed-price annual rate of the EMSS contract is $110.5 million through September 2026, with one six-month extension option...","excerpt_en":"At signing in September 2019, the EMSS contract had a total value of $738.5 million over its seven-year term ending in September 2026. The current fixed-price annual rate of the EMSS contract is $110.5 million through September 2026, with one six-month extension option..."},{"stance":"confirms","publisher":"미국 증권거래위원회(SEC EDGAR)","publisher_en":"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR)","kind":"filing","lang":"en","published_at":"2026-02-12","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000141881926000008/pressreleaseq42025.htm","title":"Iridium Announces 2025 Results (Q4/FY2025 실적 보도자료, Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1)","title_en":"Iridium Announces 2025 Results (Q4/FY2025 press release, Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1)","excerpt":"Government service revenue grew 3% to $27.6 million in the fourth quarter, reflecting a contractual rate increase in the EMSS Contract over the prior year. Iridium's U.S. government business ended the quarter with 121,000 subscribers.","excerpt_en":"Government service revenue grew 3% to $27.6 million in the fourth quarter, reflecting a contractual rate increase in the EMSS Contract over the prior year. Iridium's U.S. government business ended the quarter with 121,000 subscribers."}]},{"direction":"cost","counterparty":"SpaceX","counterparty_slug":"spacex","confidence":"high","metric":{"type":"contract_value","unit":"USD million","as_of":"2010-06-16","basis":"Iridium NEXT Falcon 9 발사 계약","value":492,"period":"2010~2019 (8회 발사)","basis_en":"Iridium NEXT Falcon 9 launch contract"},"note":"이리듐은 2세대 콘스텔레이션 Iridium NEXT 발사를 위해 2010년 6월 SpaceX와 $492M 규모 상업 발사 계약(당시 사상 최대 단일 상업 발사 계약)을 체결했다. Falcon 9로 회당 다수 위성을 저궤도 투입, 2017~2019년 총 8회 발사로 배치 완료. 발사비는 NEXT 총사업비(약 $2.9B)의 일부.","note_en":"Iridium contracted SpaceX in June 2010 for a $492M commercial launch deal, the largest single commercial launch contract at the time, to deploy the Iridium NEXT constellation on Falcon 9; launches ran 2017–2019 (eight launches).","sources":[{"stance":"confirms","publisher":"SpaceNews","publisher_en":"SpaceNews","kind":"news","lang":"en","published_at":"2019-01-11","url":"https://spacenews.com/spacex-completes-iridium-next-constellation/","title":"SpaceX completes Iridium Next constellation","title_en":"SpaceX completes Iridium Next constellation","excerpt":"SpaceX launched the final batch of Iridium Next satellites, completing an eight-launch, $492 million campaign that began in January 2017 to replace Iridium's first-generation constellation.","excerpt_en":"SpaceX launched the final batch of Iridium Next satellites, completing an eight-launch, $492 million campaign that began in January 2017 to replace Iridium's first-generation constellation."},{"stance":"confirms","publisher":"미국 증권거래위원회(SEC EDGAR)","publisher_en":"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR)","kind":"filing","lang":"en","published_at":"2010-06-16","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000119312510140098/dex991.htm","title":"Iridium and SpaceX Sign Major Commercial Launch Contract (Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1)","title_en":"Iridium and SpaceX Sign Major Commercial Launch Contract (Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1)","excerpt":"The $492 million contract, while being the largest single commercial launch deal ever signed, nonetheless represents a new benchmark in cost-effective satellite delivery to space... SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch vehicle will carry multiple Iridium NEXT satellites per vehicle, inserting the satellites into a low-earth orbit (LEO).","excerpt_en":"The $492 million contract, while being the largest single commercial launch deal ever signed, nonetheless represents a new benchmark in cost-effective satellite delivery to space... SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch vehicle will carry multiple Iridium NEXT satellites per vehicle, inserting the satellites into a low-earth orbit (LEO)."}]},{"direction":"revenue","counterparty":"Aireon (ADS-B 항공감시)","counterparty_slug":null,"confidence":"high","metric":{"type":"lease_income","unit":"USD million","as_of":"2025-12-31","basis":"Aireon·L3Harris 호스티드 페이로드 임대수익","value":12.4,"period":"FY2025","basis_en":"Aireon/L3Harris hosted-payload lease income"},"note":"이리듐 위성 콘스텔레이션은 Aireon의 글로벌 ADS-B 항공감시 시스템을 호스팅하며, 위성 공간 임대(호스티드 페이로드) 대가를 위성 내용연수(약 17.5년)에 걸쳐 인식한다. FY2025 Aireon·L3Harris 호스팅 계약 관련 임대수익은 $12.4M로, 호스티드 페이로드·기타 데이터 서비스매출로 계상. Aireon은 이리듐의 지분법 관계사(관련당사자)이기도 하다.","note_en":"Iridium's constellation hosts Aireon's global ADS-B air-traffic surveillance payload; hosting (lessor) fees are recognized over the satellites' ~17.5-year life. FY2025 lease income from the Aireon/L3Harris hosting agreements was $12.4M, booked as hosted-payload and other data service revenue. Aireon is also an Iridium equity-method related party.","sources":[{"stance":"confirms","publisher":"미국 증권거래위원회(SEC EDGAR)","publisher_en":"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR)","kind":"filing","lang":"en","published_at":"2026-02-12","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000141881926000009/irdm-20251231.htm","title":"Iridium Communications Inc. Form 10-K (FY2025)","title_en":"Iridium Communications Inc. Form 10-K (FY2025)","excerpt":"Operating leases in which the Company is a lessor consist primarily of hosting agreements with Aireon LLC and L3Harris... Lease income related to these agreements for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 was $12.4 million, $12.4 million and $19.2 million, respectively... Lease income is recorded as hosted payload and other data service revenue within service revenue.","excerpt_en":"Operating leases in which the Company is a lessor consist primarily of hosting agreements with Aireon LLC and L3Harris... Lease income related to these agreements for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 was $12.4 million, $12.4 million and $19.2 million, respectively... Lease income is recorded as hosted payload and other data service revenue within service revenue."},{"stance":"mentions","publisher":"Military & Aerospace Electronics","publisher_en":"Military & Aerospace Electronics","kind":"news","lang":"en","published_at":"2017-01-16","url":"https://www.militaryaerospace.com/commercial-aerospace/article/14229163/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-delivers-10-iridium-satellites-with-aireon-atc-hosted-payload-to-low-earth-orbit","title":"SpaceX Falcon 9 delivers 10 Iridium satellites with Aireon ATC hosted payload to low-Earth orbit","title_en":"SpaceX Falcon 9 delivers 10 Iridium satellites with Aireon ATC hosted payload to low-Earth orbit","excerpt":"Iridium satellites carry the Aireon air-traffic control (ATC) hosted payload for space-based ADS-B aircraft surveillance.","excerpt_en":"Iridium satellites carry the Aireon air-traffic control (ATC) hosted payload for space-based ADS-B aircraft surveillance."}]},{"direction":"cost","counterparty":"Thales Alenia Space","counterparty_slug":"thales","confidence":"high","metric":{"type":"contract_value","unit":"USD billion","as_of":"2010-06-02","basis":"Iridium NEXT 81기 고정가 프라임 계약","value":2.1,"period":"2010~2019","basis_en":"Iridium NEXT 81-satellite fixed-price prime contract"},"note":"이리듐은 2010년 6월 Thales Alenia Space를 Iridium NEXT 프라임 컨트랙터로 선정, 약 $2.1B 고정가 계약으로 총 81기(운영 66기+궤도예비 6기+지상예비 9기) 위성의 설계·시스템 통합·제작을 맡겼다. 프랑스 수출신용기관(COFACE)이 $1.8B 신용시설의 대부분을 보증. 전체 NEXT 사업비는 약 $2.9B.","note_en":"In June 2010 Iridium selected Thales Alenia Space as Iridium NEXT prime contractor under a ~$2.1B fixed-price contract to design, integrate and build 81 satellites (66 operational + 6 in-orbit + 9 ground spares); French ECA guaranteed most of a $1.8B credit facility.","sources":[{"stance":"confirms","publisher":"탈레스알레니아스페이스","publisher_en":"Thales Alenia Space","kind":"ir","lang":"en","published_at":"2018-07-25","url":"https://www.thalesaleniaspace.com/en/press-releases/iridium-next-constellation-66-operational-satellites-will-make-history","title":"Iridium NEXT: a constellation of 66 operational satellites that will make history","title_en":"Iridium NEXT: a constellation of 66 operational satellites that will make history","excerpt":"탈레스알레니아스페이스는 이리듐 NEXT의 시스템 주계약자로 81기 위성 전체(운용 66+예비 15)의 엔지니어링·통합·궤도검증을 담당한다.","excerpt_en":"Thales Alenia Space, the system prime contractor for Iridium NEXT, handles engineering, integration and in-orbit validation of all 81 satellites (66 operational plus 15 spares)."},{"stance":"confirms","publisher":"미국 증권거래위원회(SEC EDGAR)","publisher_en":"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR)","kind":"filing","lang":"en","published_at":"2010-06-02","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000095013010003021/dex991.htm","title":"Iridium Announces Comprehensive Plan for Next-Generation Constellation — Selects Thales Alenia Space (Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1)","title_en":"Iridium Announces Comprehensive Plan for Next-Generation Constellation — Selects Thales Alenia Space (Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1)","excerpt":"Iridium Selects Thales Alenia Space to Design and Construct Satellites for Iridium NEXT... As the prime contractor for Iridium NEXT, Thales Alenia Space is the undisputed leader in the design and manufacture of commercial low-earth orbiting (LEO) satellite communications systems.","excerpt_en":"Iridium Selects Thales Alenia Space to Design and Construct Satellites for Iridium NEXT... As the prime contractor for Iridium NEXT, Thales Alenia Space is the undisputed leader in the design and manufacture of commercial low-earth orbiting (LEO) satellite communications systems."},{"stance":"confirms","publisher":"SpaceNews","publisher_en":"SpaceNews","kind":"news","lang":"en","published_at":"2010-06-02","url":"https://spacenews.com/iridium-selects-thales-alenia-build-iridium%E2%80%82next-constellation/","title":"Iridium Selects Thales Alenia To Build Iridium Next Constellation","title_en":"Iridium Selects Thales Alenia To Build Iridium Next Constellation","excerpt":"Iridium selected Thales Alenia Space to build its second-generation constellation in a $2.1 billion fixed-price contract... bringing the total number of satellites to be constructed to 81.","excerpt_en":"Iridium selected Thales Alenia Space to build its second-generation constellation in a $2.1 billion fixed-price contract... bringing the total number of satellites to be constructed to 81."}]},{"direction":"revenue","counterparty":"Garmin","counterparty_slug":"garmin","confidence":"mid","metric":{"qualifier":"confirmed_no_disclosed_value"},"note":"Garmin은 이리듐의 VAM(value-added manufacturer)으로, 이리듐 네트워크를 이용하는 개인용 통신 기기(예: 위성 SOS·메시징 단말) 개발을 지속한다. 이리듐은 단말 파트너에게 서비스·airtime을 공급하지만 파트너별 매출액은 개별 공개하지 않음.","note_en":"Garmin is an Iridium value-added manufacturer (VAM) that continues to develop personal communication devices running on the Iridium network; Iridium supplies airtime/services through such partners but does not disclose partner-level revenue.","sources":[{"stance":"confirms","publisher":"미국 증권거래위원회(SEC EDGAR)","publisher_en":"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR)","kind":"filing","lang":"en","published_at":"2026-02-12","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000141881926000009/irdm-20251231.htm","title":"Iridium Communications Inc. Form 10-K (FY2025)","title_en":"Iridium Communications Inc. Form 10-K (FY2025)","excerpt":"...we continue to support our VAMs and VARs, such as Garmin, in developing personal communication devices.","excerpt_en":"...we continue to support our VAMs and VARs, such as Garmin, in developing personal communication devices."},{"stance":"mentions","publisher":"서울경제","publisher_en":"Seoul Economic Daily","kind":"news","lang":"ko","published_at":"2024-01-15","url":"https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/2D43FBFTHD","title":"위성-휴대폰 연결…D2D 통신시대 열린다","title_en":"Satellite-to-phone: the D2D communications era begins","excerpt":"이리듐은 66기의 위성을 보유하고 전 세계 220만 명에게 서비스를 제공 중이다. ... 지난해 1월 칩 제조사 퀄컴과 D2D 서비스인 '스냅드래곤 새틀라이트' 협업을 추진하다가 최근 중단하고 자체 서비스 출시로 방향을 선회했다.","excerpt_en":"Iridium operates 66 satellites and serves 2.2 million users worldwide... After pursuing the 'Snapdragon Satellite' D2D partnership with chipmaker Qualcomm from January last year, it recently halted it and pivoted to launching its own service."}]}]}