The Rise and Fall of Iridium
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 01:17:03
Business Information System II
The Rise and Fall of Iridium
Questions
1.<Tab/>Who was to blame for Iridium's failure? Why? At what point could you have known Iridium would fail?
2.<Tab/>What is your evaluation of Iridium's system design? What impact did the choices that were made have on subsequent evolution of the venture?
3.<Tab/>What is your evaluation of Iridium's organizational design?
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The 66 satellites in 11 orbits
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Development of cellular telephony in the U.S.
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An iridium satellite covering several cells
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Worldwide devolvement of cellular telephony
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Iridium satellite phones and pagers
Sources of information:
http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/syd.finkelstein/articles/Iridium.pdf
http://www.t-bird.edu/pdf/about_us/case_series/a07000025.pdf
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