Iridium chairman and CEO, Matt Desch, said, "Iridium is off to an excellent start for 2007 in continuing our strong business growth. Our first quarter performance puts the company on a pace to exceed our revenue and EBITDA targets for the year. Accordingly, we continue to be in a comfortable position to both self-fund and attract capital for the development of our next-generation constellation, 'Iridium NEXT'."

Desch continued, "We are particularly pleased with the continued strong growth in two-way data services. Our 9601 short burst data transceiver is achieving across-the-board market acceptance. For example, 9601 subscribers in the defense market are four times higher than we had forecast for the quarter. We're also seeing an excellent uptick in commercial markets such as maritime, aviation and machine-to-machine (M2M)."

Desch concluded, "In addition to recording strong subscriber growth during the quarter, Iridium announced several significant network enhancements, including a new earth station in Norway and a new gateway in China to serve our growing global market for voice and data services. Also, having received third-party confirmation that we provide one of the most reliable services in our industry, we've seen notable subscriber churn away from competitors over to Iridium."

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