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Homeland Security

Iridium, SkyBitz Plan Global Asset Tracking Solution

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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

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Global mobile satellite services provider Iridium Communications [IRDM] and remote asset tracking and information management solutions firm SkyBitz have partnered to develop a two-way, remote asset tracking and monitoring solution by integrating the SkyBitz Global Locating System with Iridium's 9602 satellite data transceiver. The companies say their solution is ideal for markets such as trailer tracking, oil, gas, chemical, rail, cargo shipping and government, given emerging requirements for intelligent sensor solutions and two-way communications to deliver insights on valuable assets.…

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