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IRIDIUM Middle East Corporation:

IRIDIUM Middle East Corporation is owned one-half by Al-Mawarid Overseas

Company Limited and one-half by Saudi Binladin Group (Binladin).

Binladin is among the largest industrial groups in Saudi Arabia,

with operations covering major construction projects, airport maintenance

and operation, telecommunications and hotels.

The Gatway:

Gateways make communications possible between IRIDIUM telephones
and any other telephone in the world.

Interconnection to the existing wired and wireless networks, domestic
and international, public and private, is performed through ground-
based IRIDIUM gateways which are located in key regions of the world.

These stations consist of equipment to communicate with the satellite
constellation and with the international switching centers of the domestic
fixed network.

Their functions include registering of IRIDIUM subscribers and providing
access to existing ground-based telephone networks, so achieving the
connectivity of the telecommunications networks worldwide.

At the heart of the IRIDIUM gateway is a Siemens D900 switch. Based on
the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) cellular standard, the
D900 switch ensures a high quality integration of IRIDIUM services with
land-based telecommunication systems.