January 18, 2008
Dysprosium?
They started out big. Everyone expected them to be the next greatest thing. In fact, their first customer was this guy:
But they tanked pretty soon, essentially because they had no market left after cellular phones became popular. Their logo is:
They don’t have much of a market, but some people can’t live without them. Who are they?
Cracked by: shashank , Dibyo , teju , vaibhav008 , gammafunction , udupendra , Atul Mathew , madhur , bs , FDOB , duriel (with clue explanation), piezocake , Shreyas , sidsen , 2ndratequizzer , Tathagata Chatterjee , Keerthi Kiran M , yaksha , nishas thambi and jayanth.
Answer: Iridium.
The “original” satellite-phone company. They set up a system of satellites meant for global satellite coverage, but never really took off. They’re officially bankrupt now, I think.
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January 18th, 2008 at 11:14 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200654898 )
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January 18th, 2008 at 11:29 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200655742 )
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January 18th, 2008 at 11:35 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200656152 )
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January 18th, 2008 at 12:06 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200657967 )
The Iridium satellite constellation is a system of 66 active communication satellites with spares in orbit and on the ground. It allows worldwide voice and data communications using handheld satellite phones. The first Iridium call was made by then-Vice President of the United States Al Gore.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:09 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200658161 )
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January 18th, 2008 at 12:16 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200658610 )
Iridium!
once again…. hail Computer networks-Tanenbaum!!
January 18th, 2008 at 12:18 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200658726 )
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January 18th, 2008 at 12:20 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200658852 )
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January 18th, 2008 at 2:01 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200664896 )
Iridium communications service was launched on November 1, 1998 and went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 13, 1999. The first Iridium call was made by then-Vice President of the United States Al Gore (in picture).
The Iridium satellite constellation is a system of 66 active communication satellites with spares in orbit and on the ground. It allows worldwide voice and data communications using handheld satellite phones. The Iridium network is unique in that it covers the whole earth, including poles, oceans and airways.
Its financial failure was largely due to insufficient demand for the service, coupled with a massive initial capital cost running into the billions of dollars (the handsets could not operate until the entire constellation was in place). The increased coverage of terrestrial cellular networks (e.g. GSM) and the rise of roaming agreements between cellular providers proved to be fierce competition. The cost of service was also prohibitive for many users, despite the continuous worldwide coverage of the Iridium service. In addition, the bulkiness and expense of the handheld devices when compared to terrestrial cellular mobile phones discouraged adoption among potential users.
January 18th, 2008 at 4:06 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200672390 )
Iridum. Nice clue.
January 18th, 2008 at 4:33 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200674021 )
Iridium
January 18th, 2008 at 6:26 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200680795 )
Iridium. (sat phones.)
January 18th, 2008 at 8:16 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200687407 )
and the title says Dysprosium cause they got only 66 satellites, not 77 as originally planned (iridium).
January 18th, 2008 at 10:55 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200696959 )
Iridium.
January 18th, 2008 at 11:04 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200697467 )
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January 19th, 2008 at 12:14 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200701685 )
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January 19th, 2008 at 3:15 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200712548 )
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January 19th, 2008 at 6:45 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200725133 )
Iridium satellite phone.
First customer was Al Gore ( visual).
Regards,
Tathagata Chatterjee
January 19th, 2008 at 7:52 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200729130 )
Iridium Satellite phones
January 19th, 2008 at 8:26 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200731198 )
The Iridium satellite constellation is a system of 66 active communication satellites with spares in orbit and on the ground. It allows worldwide voice and data communications using handheld satellite phones. The Iridium network is unique in that it covers the whole earth, including poles, oceans and airways.
January 19th, 2008 at 9:18 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200734290 )
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January 19th, 2008 at 9:49 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200736149 )
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