Who owns Iridium GO!?
Iridium GO! is owned by Iridium (the United States, NASDAQ: IRDM).[1]
Evidence: Iridium Communications Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12, SEC EDGAR, 12 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Iridium Communications Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, McLean, Virginia
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Telecom › Satellite & towers › Satellite
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: IRDM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Iridium GO!
Iridium GO! is a small, rugged personal device from Iridium Communications that connects to the Iridium network and creates a Wi-Fi hotspot, so smartphones and tablets can place voice calls and send texts and emails from places without cellular coverage. It also has an emergency SOS button and location services, and a premium Iridium GO! exec version runs on Iridium Certus 100.
Ownership timeline of Iridium GO!
Where Iridium GO! sits in Iridium
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Iridium
Iridium controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in telecom.
Also in telecom
Other brands in satellite, and who owns them
Iridium has more brands in satellite on Brandtree than any other owner: 4 of 8.
About the owner: Iridium
Iridium is a publicly listed company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: IRDM.
Iridium Communications is an American satellite operator based in McLean, Virginia, that provides voice, data and positioning, navigation and timing services over a low-Earth orbit network of 66 operational satellites. It sells mainly through about 120 service providers, 310 value-added resellers and 90 value-added manufacturers, and the U.S. government is its largest customer at 29% of 2025 revenue. In 2024 it bought Satelles, which became Iridium PNT.
🇺🇸 Iridium GO! and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Iridium GO! is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Iridium GO!?
The parent company of Iridium GO! is Iridium, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Iridium GO! American?
Yes. Iridium GO! originated in the United States and its owner, Iridium, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Iridium GO! still owned by Iridium?
Yes. As of 13 October 2026, Iridium GO! is still owned by Iridium. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Iridium Communications Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 12 February 2026; retrieved 13 October 2026.
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