Iridium Launches Product and Service Offering in Brazil Through Alliance With OmniLink

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BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Satellite LLC of Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. announces it is officially launching delivery of its products and services in Brazil through an alliance with OmniLink of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Anatel, the Brazilian Telecommunications Agency, has confirmed operational authority for the full suite of Iridium products and services throughout Brazil.

 

This partnership will drive the only truly global, mobile satellite communications service into the largest market in South America. OmniLink, the leading manufacturer of smart vehicle tracking systems in Brazil, will now serve as an Iridium value-added reseller. Through OmniLink, Iridium will provide its global data and voice communications services in Brazil, starting with the transportation market. The ANTT in Brazil (also known as The Agencia Nacional de Transportes Terrestres or The National Land Transport Regulatory Agency) estimates potential for the transportation tracking sector includes 1.5 million load vehicles circulating the country. OmniLink already has more than 20,000 vehicle tracking units installed in Brazil, including cars, trucks, buses and other means of professional transportation.

 

Through this partnership, Iridium will now serve as a main data communications network for the new OmniLink smart tracker system -- the "RI 1480 MAX." The RI 1480 MAX is designed for the transportation market -- for land, rail, air and water-based transportation and vehicle tracking. The system combines the GPS technology traditionally used in vehicle tracking with wireless data communications via both cellular networks and the Iridium satellite network. Vehicles using the system tap a GSM/GPRS network when it is in range. However, when a vehicle leaves a cellular network area, the OmniLink Smart Coverage Tracking Control System automatically sends its data via the Iridium network with no intervention of either the driver or the base station operator. The RI 1480 MAX system provides transportation companies with a fast, efficient and low-cost way to communicate with their fleets.

 

"Partnering with Iridium allows OmniLink to provide highly interactive data communications applications, where data traffic volume is high and response times extremely critical," said Cileneu Nunes, president of OmniLink. "Typically, these applications are in the security and logistics arenas. Iridium's data services provide an advanced, reliable, cost-effective platform for asset tracking and monitoring in the Brazilian market. We have already seen strong interest from customers that want to better understand the state and location of their assets."

 

"We are pleased to partner with OmniLink in entering the Brazilian marketplace," said Matt Desch, Chairman and CEO, Iridium Satellite. "Brazil represents a very important market for mobile satellite communications, and we expect to see rapid growth over the next few years in response to built-up demand.