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Iridium Communications's competitors and similar companies include Telesat, Inmarsat, ORBCOMM and Kymeta.
 Iridium Communications Iridium Communications is a company that provides satellite communications services and products. |  Telesat Telesat (formerly known as Telesat Canada) is a satellite operator providing voice, data, video, and internet communications solutions. |  ORBCOMM ORBCOMM is a company that provides information and communications technology (ICT) and IoT technology solutions. | |||
Founding Date | Founding Date 1991 | Founding Date 1969 | Founding Date 1979 | Founding Date 1993 | Founding Date 2012 |
Type | Type Public | Type Public | Type Subsidiary | Type Private | Type Private |
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Locations | Locations McLean, US HQ London, GB Tempe, US | Locations Ottawa, CA HQ Rio De Janeiro, BR Singapore, SG London, GB Arlington, US Bethesda, US | Locations London, GB HQ Auburn, AU São Paulo, BR Mount Pearl, CA Auckland, NZ Ålesund, NO București, RO see more | Locations Rochelle Park, US HQ Ottawa, CA Bonn, DE Hong Kong, HK Hyderabad, IN Galway, IE Tokyo, JP see more | Locations Redmond, US HQ Mc Lean, US Woodinville, US |
Employees | Employees 87315% increase | Employees 61024% increase | Employees 9575% increase | Employees 867 | Employees 225 |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) 3.5 b | Valuation ($) 655.4 m | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 1.1 b | Valuation ($) 614.6 m |
Financial | |||||
Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) $871.7m (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $418m (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $1.3b (FY, 2023) | Revenue (est.) $248.5m (FY, 2020) | Revenue (est.) N/A |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods $22.7m (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods $52.2m (FY, 2023) | Cost of goods $114.7m (FY, 2020) | Cost of goods N/A |
Gross profit | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit $395.2m (FY, 2025) | Gross profit $1.3b (FY, 2023) | Gross profit $133.7m (FY, 2020) | Gross profit N/A |
Net income | Net income N/A | Net income ($530.2m) (FY, 2025) | Net income $511.2m (FY, 2023) | Net income ($33.8m) (FY, 2020) | Net income N/A |
Operating ⚠ | |||||
Industries Served | Industries Served N/A | Industries Served N/A | Industries Served N/A | Industries Served 5 (May, 2020) | Industries Served 4 (Aug, 2024) |
Patents (Foreign) | Patents (Foreign) 1 (FY, 2018) | Patents (Foreign) 19 (FY, 2020) | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) N/A |
Patents (US) | Patents (US) 31 (FY, 2020) | Patents (US) 4 (FY, 2020) | Patents (US) N/A | Patents (US) N/A | Patents (US) N/A |
Resellers | Resellers 280 (Q3, 2021) | Resellers N/A | Resellers N/A | Resellers 400 (May, 2020) | Resellers N/A |
Satellite Fleet | Satellite Fleet 66 (Q3, 2021) | Satellite Fleet 16 (FY, 2020) | Satellite Fleet N/A | Satellite Fleet N/A | Satellite Fleet N/A |
Funding | |||||
Latest funding round | Latest funding round N/A | Latest funding round N/A | Latest funding round N/A | Latest funding round $ 110m (about 20 years ago) | Latest funding round $ 30m (about 5 years ago) |
Total funding raised | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised $ 1.8b | Total funding raised $ 110m | Total funding raised $ 546.5m |
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