Beam Communications Holdings Ltd. (ASX: BCC) has announced Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) has selected the company as one of a small, select group of international partners for the Iridium Messaging TransportSM (IMT) Commercial Service.
The IMT service will enable Beam to develop value-added services and applications that can run across all Certus® devices on Iridium’s global network.
IMT is Iridium’s first fully integrated cloud-native networked data that’s designed for IoT applications, such as chat messaging, emails, weather and group communications. This announcement has been approved by the Board of Directors.
“Being selected as a partner in the IMT program will further deepen our long and successful partnership with Iridium,” said Beam’s Managing Director, Michael Capocchi. “We are excited by the opportunity to develop apps for the new generation of Iridium Certus® devices that will not only enhance the end-user experience but will also generate a new recurring revenue stream for Beam.”