A Telephone for the World : Iridium, Motorola, and the Making of a Global Age /

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In June 1990, Motorola publicly announced an ambitious business venture called Iridium. The project's signature feature was a constellation of 77 satellites in low-Earth orbit which served as the equivalent of cellular towers, connecting to mobile customers below using wireless hand-held phones...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collins, Martin J., 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Motorola Communications and Electronics > Chicago, Ill.
Iridium Communications, Inc.
Geopolitik
Globalisierung
Telekommunikation
Telekommunikationsnetz
Handy
Satellitentelefon
Satellitenfunk
Iridium > Mobilfunk
Telecommunication.
Artificial satellites in telecommunication.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Media & Communications.
Satellites artificiels dans les telecommunications > États-Unis > Histoire.
Telecommunications > États-Unis > Histoire.
Artificial satellites in telecommunication > United States > History.
Telecommunication > United States > History.
USA
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Iridium and the global age
  • The global and the engineers
  • The global and Iridium the business
  • "Freedom to communicate": ideology and culture in the global
  • From "it's a bird, it's a phone ..." to "Edsels in the sky": or, the end of Iridium's global vision
  • Conclusion.

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