I-Global Satellite Telephony System
Ngokunokwenzeka, umqondo wokwenza uhlelo locingo lwesathelayithi lomhlaba wonke wavela kuKaren Bertinger, unkosikazi womunye wabaphathi bakwaMotorola. Wayedumazeke kakhulu futhi engajabule ngokuthi ngesikhathi ehlala ogwini lwaseBahamas wayengakwazi ukukhuluma nomyeni wakhe. I-Iridium ukuphela kwenethiwekhi yocingo yesathelayithi yomhlaba wonke enesevisi yomhlaba wonke. Yasungulwa ngo-1998. Ochwepheshe benhlangano yaseMelika iMotorola baqale ukuthuthukisa i-Iridium ngo-1987. Izinkampani zokuxhumana ezihehayo kanye nokukhathazeka kwezimboni zomhlaba wonke kwasungulwa ngo-1993 i-international consortium Iridium LLC, ezinze eNew York.
