The Rise and Fall of Iridium

Business Information System II The Rise and Fall of Iridium Questions 1.<Tab/>Who was to blame for Iridium's failure? Why? At what point could you have known Iridium would fail? 2.<Tab/>What is your evaluation of Iridium's system design? What impact did the choices that were made have on subsequent evolution of the venture? 3.<Tab/>What is your evaluation of Iridium's organizational design? …showed first 75 words of 1207 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1207 total…gt; The 66 satellites in 11 orbits [2] <Tab/> Development of cellular telephony in the U.S. [3]<Tab/> An iridium satellite covering several cells [4] <Tab/> Worldwide devolvement of cellular telephony [5]<Tab/> Iridium satellite phones and pagers Sources of information: http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/syd.finkelstein/articles/Iridium.pdf http://www.t-bird.edu/pdf/about_us/case_series/a07000025.pdf