Rise and Fall of Irridium

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Rise and fall of Iridium

Iridium was a giant telecommunication company, which was conceptualized in the late 80 with the aim of enhancing global communication through satellite phones. Iridium management allowed its systems department to develop products while at the same time seeking to raise finances through investors prior to establishing whether the products would gain market reach. The structuring of the company relied on the fact that there were other giants in the telecommunications sector, which would lay a platform for the company to begin its endeavor. Everyone though the company would be a success, which created mixed reactions to the other communication companies that were existing at the time. Since they were not sure whether venturing with a company that had a sure success would offer them any benefit.

At the time of Iridium conceptualization, cellular phone technology had already began being a market trend with companies such as AT&T conducting research that showed that by around the year 2000, there would have been more than thirty million