Iridium® for GMDSS

In May 2018, the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) officially recognized Iridium to provide Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS) services. This is a significant achievement that ends a decades-long satellite industry monopoly, and for the first time will bring competition and truly global coverage, to mariners sailing any of the world’s oceans.

With this recognition secured, Iridium will now focus on efforts to implement the service. Expected to launch in early 2020, Iridium will deliver a new GMDSS solution offering simple, reliable, and truly global voice and data GMDSS communications in a single, small-form-factor maritime mobile terminal – at a fraction of the price of competing solutions.