Iridium Standard Satellite Phone Pay Monthly Plans

Iridium Standard and Pooled Plans

We offer a choice of Iridium handheld pay monthly plans which can be found below offering short term contracts along with inclusive voice minutes and SMS.  All can be signed up for online by clicking the "sign contract" link at the bottom of the table

If you are looking for an Iridium Pay Monthly plan that offers suspension options, please view our Iridium Flex Pay Monthly plans >

*The Inclusive Minutes will be provided on a first-usage basis for mobile originated voice calls to Fixed, Cellular and Iridium destinations from the Iridium Phone only. To clarify, +1 Access, 2-stage dialing, data calls and mobile originated calls to other MSS Systems are excluded.

** The ability to successfully send and receive text messages through your satellite phone or is dependent on local mobile phone operators, some of which block text messages to premium rate numbers such as satellite phone numbers. Therefore SMS delivery is not guaranteed. 

Add-On Services

These Add-On Services are only available for our Iridium Standard Pay Monthly plans. If you are looking for a plan, with a dedicated US or UK phone number included, please view our Iridium Flex Pay Monthly plans >

Calling Rates for Iridium Standard and Pooled Plans

*SMS charges are per message. 

Terms and Conditions for Iridium Standard Plans

• Customers can only activate their orange Iridium SIM cards, starting 8988 on Iridium Standard plans. SIM cards can be ordered here >
• Customers can suspend their Iridium Standard pay monthly plans, but the Monthly fee will continue to be charged.
• Subscription fees will be pro-rated from the date of activation.  Upon deactivation, fees will be chargeable until the last day of that month regardless of deactivation date. Contracts will automatically renew each month until customer requests deactivation.
• Calls to landlines/cell/mobile only. Unused minutes do not roll over to the next monthly period.
• Complete billing information must be provided before a SIM card can be activated on our Iridium Standard plans
• UK customers must complete Section B: Direct Debit Mandate in the Iridium Standard contract
• US customers must complete the Credit Card Verification link, which can also be found Section C: Billing Information in the Iridium Standard contract
• Customers outside the UK and USA must provide a refundable Security Deposit, which can be found in Section D: Billing Information. Our Rest of the World customers must also read the terms and conditions before providing their Security Deposit, found in Section E: Security Deposit Terms and Conditions
• Our full terms and conditions can be found here >

Terms and Conditions for Iridium Pooled Plans

• Customers can only activate their orange Iridium SIM cards, starting 8988 on Iridium Standard plans. SIM cards can be ordered here >
• All SIMs have to be activated/deactivated on the same plan and on the same date. 
• The Activation fee (if applicable) will be charged per line activated. For example, If you activate 8 SIM cards, an Activation fee (if applicable) will be charged at $25 x 8 SIM cards.
• The Monthly fee will apply to each SIM.  For example, customer activates 5 x SIMs on the standard pooled plan which would equate to 5 x $57  per month or $285 per month.
• Allowance from each SIM is shared across the activated SIMs.  For example 5 x SIMs on standard pooled plan each have 10 mins/10 SMS included so  would have 50 mins/50 SMS across all.
• Overage per minute is $1.25 to fixed and cell once pooled usage is used. 
• Subscription fees will be pro-rated from the date of activation.  Upon deactivation, fees will be chargeable until the last day of that month regardless of deactivation date. Contracts will automatically renew each month until customer requests deactivation.
• Calls to landlines/cell/mobile only. Unused minutes do not roll over to the next monthly period.
• Complete billing information must be provided before a SIM card can be activated on our Iridium Standard plans
• Same rules apply which is first month pro‐rated, final month charged in full.
• Inclusive minutes are calculated on calls to fixed or mobile numbers. Calls to other numbers will be charged at the out of bundle rate. All prices are  subject to VAT for billing addresses within the EU. Upon activation, subscription fee and/or allowance will be pro‐rated for 1st month. Upon deactivation,  subscription fee and/or allowance are not pro‐rated. 
• If a SIM is suspended, a subscription fee will continue to be charged. 
• No roll‐over of unused minutes is  permitted from one billing period to the next.
• UK customers must complete Section B: Direct Debit Mandate in the Iridium Standard contract
• US customers must complete the Credit Card Verification link, which can also be found Section C: Billing Information in the Iridium Standard contract
• Customers outside the UK and USA must provide a refundable Security Deposit, which can be found in Section D: Billing Information. Our Rest of the World customers must also read the terms and conditions before providing their Security Deposit, found in Section E: Security Deposit Terms and Conditions
• Our full terms and conditions can be found here >