MCLEAN, Va., July 29, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) announced today a multi-year partner agreement with CalAmp, a leading provider of wireless products, services and solutions to provide original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with reliable, high performance, compact devices facilitating a wide range of satellite machine-to-machine (M2M) services, data rates and real-time, global communications solutions. Iridium will begin to offer its services leveraging CalAmp's Vanguard mobile wireless broadband routers and LMU-4520 rugged fleet management devices utilizing the Iridium Core 9523 transceiver and Iridium 9602 modem.

CalAmp and Iridium deliver a communications solution that allows companies in the heavy equipment, agriculture, forestry, mining and construction industries to have greater communications access across the globe," said Bryan Hartin, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Iridium. "By offering a network that extends coverage to the 90 percent of the globe not covered by terrestrial services, our partnership ensures a consistent platform for enabling future solutions and innovations. With Iridium's next generation satellite constellation, Iridium NEXT, scheduled to begin launching in 2015, CalAmp's customers can take advantage of global coverage and support over the long term."

"Whether for transportation, fleet management, or heavy equipment, our customers depend on CalAmp to deliver highly reliable and available connectivity to enable comprehensive access to — and management of — their high-value assets," said Justin Schmid, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for CalAmp. "With Iridium as a partner, we are confident our satellite M2M customers will have the reliable connectivity they need to manage their assets anywhere their businesses demand."

Iridium's M2M growth strategy includes serving mission-critical enterprise communication needs for OEMs and after-market solution providers through fleet and vehicle tracking, heavy equipment, container and mobile asset tracking, utility, oil and gas, maritime and aviation. Iridium's M2M data subscribers have grown at a 41 percent compound annual growth rate since 2008, and now represent approximately 40 percent of its total customer base. The company now draws nearly one-fifth of its commercial service revenue from the satellite M2M market segment.

About Iridium Communications Inc.

Iridium® is the only mobile voice and data satellite communications network that spans the entire globe. Iridium enables connections between people, organizations and assets to and from anywhere, in real time. Together with its ever-expanding ecosystem of partner companies, Iridium delivers an innovative and rich portfolio of reliable solutions for markets that require truly global communications. The company has a major development program underway for its next-generation network — Iridium NEXT. Iridium Communications Inc. is headquartered in McLean, Va., U.S.A., and its common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol IRDM. For more information about Iridium products, services and partner solutions, visit www.iridium.com.

About CalAmp Corp.

CalAmp Corp. (Nasdaq:CAMP) is a proven leader in providing wireless communications solutions to a broad array of vertical market applications and customers. CalAmp's extensive portfolio of intelligent communications devices, robust and scalable cloud service platform, and targeted software applications streamline otherwise complex machine-to-machine (M2M) deployments. These solutions enable customers to optimize their operations by collecting, monitoring and efficiently reporting business critical data and desired intelligence from high-value remote assets. For more information, please visit www.calamp.com.

CONTACT: Press Contact:

         

         Diane Hockenberry

         Iridium Communications Inc.

         +1 (703) 287-7421

         Diane.hockenberry@iridium.com

         

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         Justin Schmid

         CalAmp Corp.

         Sr. VP of Marketing and Business

         Development

         +1 (805) 987-9000