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Iridium, the world's first satellite handset service, did not succeed in its endeavor to make a worldwide mobile service for mass-market consumers. High costs, poor demand and looming deficit payments, among the other setbacks, forced the industry to file for bankruptcy.

Iridium Satellite, a new industry directed by Dan Colussy, the chairman, believes it was assumed by many consultants to be an excellent technology, but not essentially one for which consumers would pay astronomical charges. Iridium's natural large mobiles is cost as much as $3,000, including airtime fees of up to $7 per minute.

On the other hand, Iridium Sat wants to target industrial enterprise markets, such as aviation and oil and gas exploration concerns, along with government users. The industry last week signed a contract with the Pentagon to serve 20,000 U.S. Defense Department workers over two years, which uncovered the way for the fulfillment of its addition to the obsolete Iridium's features.

One major feature Iridium Satellite has over its forerunners is liberty from the large loan payments needed to account the $5 billion system. Iridium Satellite estimates it will run about $7 million for each month--including advertising and its agreement with Boeing to keep an eye on the satellites--to work the system, executives said.

You'll have the reason why the satellite handsets tend to be so trusted and why you would want to hire a satellite phone rather than depend on unreliable regular cell phone in these locations.

Iridium Satellite targets to announce five satellites.

Both from today's networks in Australia, Thuraya and Iridium, let you to receive and send SMS from any of their satellite mobile phones.