Iridium signs reseller pact with Astrium
Iridium, the Bethesda, Maryland-based satellite communications provider, has signed an agreement with Astrium Services that will see the latter, an EADS, s

Iridium, the Bethesda, Maryland-based satellite communications provider, has signed an agreement with Astrium Services that will see the latter, an EADS, subsidiary, becoming a value-added reseller of satellite communication equipment and services to its civil and defense customers worldwide.

Eric Beranger, chief executive of Astrium Services, said, “This agreement will allow us to integrate Iridium into our mix of satellite and telecommunications packages…Iridium’s reliable low-latency satellite links will provide an important augmentation to our military satcom programs and other satellite networks.”
The company will also become the Iridium “center of excellence” within the EADS group and will package Iridium solutions for other EADS Astrium companies for a variety of applications.