Iridium Delivers the World

Wouter Deknopper - Director Europe, Middle East & Africa

Iridium Communications Overview

Second largest provider of mobile voice and data services via 66

in-orbit satellites to commercial and government customers

• Serving 427,000 customers across the land-based handset, maritime, aviation, machine-to-machine (M2M) and government markets

• Anchor U.S. DoD customer represents 23% of revenue(1)

• LTM revenue of $348 million and Operational EBITDA (OEBITDA) of $159 million

• 2005-2010 service revenue and OEBITDA CAGRs of 18% and 26%

• Key Markets: maritime, aviation, handheld, government, machine-to-machine (M2M)

• Fastest growing M2M player in the MSS Market

(1) For the LTM period ended 12/31/10. Includes direct and indirect DoD revenue and revenue from certain other

governmental entities through the DoD gateway.

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Global coverage3

Iridium NEXT Positions Us for the Future

Fully funded approximately $3 billion plan that supports our

success for many years

• Compatibility with existing network and devices

• Seamless network transition and customer continuity

• Retains LEO architecture with 66 new operational satellites, 6 in-orbit spares and 9 ground spares

• Scheduled deployment between early 2015 and 2017 via 8 Falcon 9 launches (9 SVs/launch)

• Significant advantages including expanded capacity and higher data speeds

Note: Fully funded approximately $3 billion business plans assumes borrowings under the $1.8 billion Coface financing

agreement, projected Operational EBITDA and hosted payload net contributions

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Iridium NEXT Hosted Payload

Specifications

Weight 50 kg

Payload

Dimensions30 x 40 x 70 cm

Payload Power50 W average (200

W peak)

Payload Data

Rate

<1 Mbps, Orbit

average ~100Kbps

• New business opportunity to host

third-party payloads on Iridium

NEXT –- solid pipeline with

expected announcements in 2011

and 2012

• Payload customer shares

infrastructure of the Iridium NEXT

satellite and global networked

communications architecture

• Significant interest from

government and industry for

cost-effective space missions

• Expecting $200 million to $300

million net cash contribution from

hosted payloads through launch --

recurring service revenue for 2017

and beyond

Hosted

Payload

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Iridium NEXT Hosted Payloads

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Iridium is on a sure path

with world-class partners.

Iridium’s Next Generation Satellite

Iridium Markets – Vertical Market Focus

• High-speed data

• Crew communications

• Fisheries management

• Mandated anti-terrorism & anti-smuggling

Maritime

Land

Government

• Cockpit communications

• Flight tracking

• Air safety services

• High–speed data

•24,000+ airborne devices

Aviation

• Fleet management

• Container tracking

• Oil & gas

• Oceanic

• Locator beacons (personal and asset)

M2M

• Emergency/rescue operations

• Disaster recovery

• Remote personnel

• Rural Telephony / Universal Services

• Training & operations• Blue Force tracking• Unattended sensors• Administrative comms• Morale and welfare calling• Logistics

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Iridium Proprietary and Confidential

Short Burst Data OEM Transceiver

Shipboard/Rig/

Fixed Equipment

Satellite

Handheld Phone

Track your interests

everywhere — simply and

reliably

Voice and data asset

tracking — its what’s inside

that counts

Finally the ―open ocean‖

really is open

The tough customer

chosen by even tougher

customers

• Environmental monitoring

• Pipeline monitoring

• Distress and alarm

• GPS compatible

• Asset tracking

• LRIT – Fisheries VMS

• Maritime Safety

• Flight Tracking and

Monitoring

• Land and Mobile Military

Operations

• Voice and Data

Communications

• Easy to install

• No moving parts

• Supports prepaid calling

• Voice and data

communications anywhere

in the world

• Just like dialing a GSM

phone

Iridium Devices

Ready to work anytime and everywhere you need it

Iridium Proprietary &

Confidential8

43% of cumulative service revenue growth from new products during

the last three years

> 250 Partners0 Partners

Iridium

OpenPortHigh

Functionality

Handset

Low Cost

Handset

Original

Motorola

Voice

Handset

Iridium

9505A

M2M

9601

Voice

& Data

Modem

iGPS

M2M

Chipset

M2M

9602Iridium

9522B

Iridium

9555

U.S. DODTactical Radio

(Netted)

Pre-NEXT

Devices

Iridium

Aero

OpenPort

2001 2011

Accelerating Growth Through Service Innovations

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Iridium Markets

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Iridium Proprietary and Confidential

Merchant Fisheries Oil & Gas Leisure Oceanology

• Crew Calling

• Biz Ops

• Container Tracking

• Fuel Optimization

• Maritime Safety:

• SSAS

• LRIT

• Enavigation / MSI

• Ice-Navigation

• Anti-piracy

• Crew Calling

• Biz Ops

• VMS

• E-Logbook

• Fish-detection

• Intra-vessel

• Emergency

• Telemetry

• SCADA

• Social calling

• Handheld

• VSAT redundancy

• Social calling

• Geo-fencing

• Race Tracking

• Handheld

• Personal safety

• Ocean data

• Early warning

• Animal tracking

• Climate Change

• 150+ applications

M2M (SBD) Data Transmission Voice Call High-Speed Data Traffic

Note: One week plot of M2M/SBD session, voice call and high-speed data origination points for the week of 2/13/11 to 2/19/11

(commercial traffic only)

Network Leadership Fuels Global Usage

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Anti-Piracy

• Iridium 9555 Handset – Portable, pocket-size emergency comms

• 9522b-based; can be installed and camouflaged

• 9602-based; portable emergency messaging & tracking

Iridium Proprietary and Confidential

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4/13/2011Iridium Proprietary13

• Leader in handheld market

• Over 200,000 satellite phone subscribers

• Best in mobility, global coverage

and reliability

• Most experience

• Over 10 years experience

• Continues to set the standard

Anti-Piracy : End-user solutions

• Iridium 9555 : Voice + Data + SMS

Anti-Piracy : End-user solutions

Iridium Proprietary and Confidential

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• ASE Comcenter Citadel : Voice + SMS + Data + GPS

Lowest cost

solution for

ship’s business

and crew calling

Iridium OpenPort® – A Growth Story

Iridium OpenPort Subscriptions

• Iridium OpenPort is an

unqualified success

• Gaining widespread

acceptance throughout the

industry

Lowest cost

solution for

ship’s business

and crew calling

Core Value Proposition

• IP-data / scalable upto 128k

• Low cost - pay per MB

• 3 voice lines

• Affordable & easy-to-install

Lowest cost

solution for

ship’s business

and crew calling

Above Deck Equipment (ADE)

57cm diameter

23cm11 Kg

No moving parts in the antenna = Long Term Reliability

No Coax cabling required = Simple Installation & longer cable runs

Iridium OpenPort

Simple

Installation

Iridium OpenPort

plug & play

Below Deck Equipment (BDE)

25cm

20cm• Wall mounted

• SIM based

• LEDs & configuration through

webbrowser interface

• Connectors: 3 RJ11 + 1 RJ45

• Power supply & cord

• 1 Captain handset + 1 Crew handset

1,35 Kg

Iridium OpenPort

Value Added Services via OpenPort Partners

Iridium Webpage Interface

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• Prime for Business Operations

• Crew welfare

• VSAT Redundancy

Commercial Shipping

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• ERS / e-logbook

• Fleet Communications

• Polar coverage

Commercial Fishing

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• Low & transparent Cost

• Independent system

• Multiple Phone Lines

Crew Welfare

Lowest cost

solution for

ship’s business

and crew calling

Iridium champion in low-cost crew calling

Crew Welfare - Iridium Gochat

Super off-peak Single low calling rateWorldwide GSM - PSTN

Connect-time onlyno charge for waiting-ringing /

non-answered calls

The challenge with sharing a single voice line for crew calling

1. Crew make calls when they are on break

3. And provided loved Ones are available and awake

2. Provided the line is not restricted for ship’s business

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crew available crew available crew available

ship restricted ship

restricted

crew available crew

available

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Calls placed

No calls placed

Call cut short

All calls are channeled

into these narrow “Calling

Windows”

Iridium OpenPort removes these restrictions with multiple crew lines

And provided loved Ones are available and awake

Phone lines are more available

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Calls placed

Call cut short

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no longer ship restricted No longer ship restrictedcrew available crew

available

“Calling Windows” are

wider and more calls are

handled with a dedicated

multi-line crew unit

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Every destination sees peaks and valleys by time of day. Here they are in GMT

Once adjusted to local time at the destination all the peaks line up at 7-10 pm

Peak: 7 to 10 pm

midnight noon midnight

Another example of calls bunching into calling windows

Lowest cost

solution for

ship’s business

and crew calling

Introducing… Iridium Global Service Program

The Iridium OpenPort Global

Service Program includes:

• In port coverage for all warranty

services,

• Prepositioned spare equipment for

rapid response to service calls,

• Single point of contact for all field

service requirements

• Global Service is scheduled to be

available in more than 50 ports

worldwide by 31 March 2011.

Lowest cost

solution for

ship’s business

and crew calling

Global Service Program – OpenPort Service Locations

Lowest cost

solution for

ship’s business

and crew calling

Introducing…

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Thank you for your attention

Wouter DeknopperDirector EMEA Market

Thank you