Editing Iridium Communications (section)

=== One-way pagers ===
Two [[Pager|pagers]] were made for the Iridium network&nbsp;– the [[Motorola]] 9501 and [[Kyocera]] SP-66K.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satphone.net/kyopage.htm |title=Iridium Satellite Telephones – MJ Sales, Inc |website=Satphone.net |access-date=2016-02-24}}</ref> These are one-way devices that could receive messages sent in the form of [[SMS]].

Messages are delivered to pre-selected "MDAs" which cover a certain geographic area. Three of these MDAs may be selected on a web-based portal or updated automatically if the paging service is bound to an Iridium phone. Each country has its own MDA based on its [[country code]]; some of the larger countries are divided into several MDAs, while separate MDAs exist for sections of ocean and common aeronautic routes.

Pagers are assigned with telephone numbers in [[area code 480]] and can also be contacted using email, SMS and the web-based interface used to send messages to Iridium phones.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.voicemall.com/iridium_9501.htm |title=Iridium Satellite Phones by Outfitter Satellite Phones |website=Voicemall.com |access-date=2016-02-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307203448/http://www.voicemall.com/iridium_9501.htm |archive-date=2012-03-07 }}</ref>