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Mavenir Selected by Iridium to Deliver Core Network for Global Satellite Based NB-IoT and D2D Services
Strategic partnership to accelerate Iridium NTN Direct services and satellite-terrestrial NB-IoT integrationRICHARDSON, Texas, Sept. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mavenir, the cloud-native network infrastructure provider building the future of networks, today announced it has been selected by Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM), a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, to deploy the Core Network of its Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN), helping to enable - 3GPP bas
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