Globe Wireless and Iridium officially announced today, the release of the Iridium OpenPort satellite communication system for the yacht and pleasure craft market. 

Mr. Frank J. Coles, President  & CEO of Globe Wireless, and Mr. John “Ted” O’Brien, Vice President and General Manager, Americas of Iridium, jointly exhibited at the Triton Networking Event yesterday at the Lauderdale Marine Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

“We are very pleased to be jointly attending this event with Globe Wireless, who has proven to be a strong supporter of our new Iridium OpenPort satellite communications system.” said Mr. O’Brien.

Mr. Coles added, “Globe Wireless and Iridium have teamed up to create a very unique and appealing offer to the pleasure yacht market. Promotions such as the free Mini-M upgrade will be extremely well received.  The response at this event today from both yacht owners and the crew has been overwhelmingly positive.”

Globe Wireless offers products and services to the yacht market through their GlobeSwift product line, which can be found at www.globeswift.com.