Iridium Signs Value-Added Manufactureragreement With Quake Global

CONSTELLATIONS

Bethesda MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2005
Iridium Satellite has signed a value-added manufacturer (VAM) agreement with Quake Global. Quake Global is a supplier of wireless data communication products for asset tracking and monitoring/control in the heavy equipment and transportation industries.

Quake Global will integrate Iridium short-burst data capability into its new line of subscriber communicators it is developing for the Iridium system. The first modems to be released with Iridium capability will be the Q1200SI and the Q2000I.

Quake Global's products are used to transmit tracking and monitoring data from small, low-powered terminals installed on vehicles. The strategic alliance with Iridium will permit data from remote assets to be transmitted from anywhere in the world through the Iridium network of 66 low-earth orbiting satellites.

Quake's President and CEO, Polina Braunstein, said, "By adding products that utilize Iridium's short-burst data capability to our product line, we will have the ability to enter new markets and service new customers that demand greater reliability and significantly less latency than anything we have been able to provide in the past.

The use of Iridium's 66 satellite network will give us a competitive edge as the only supplier with true global coverage. Customers who choose Quake Global and Iridium will benefit greatly from Quake Global's low cost and reliable modems, and from the coverage and service that the Iridium network provides."

Greg Ewert, executive vice president of Iridium Satellite, said, "Quake Global is well respected in the wireless data market. Our strategic partnership will enable us to leverage our low-latency, ubiquitous, global satellite connectivity and new-generation short-burst data modem in key vertical markets such as heavy equipment, transportation and asset tracking."

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