Iridium announced commercial availability of the Iridium Edge Solar ‘ a secure, maintenance-free, solar-powered remote asset tracking and management device. The device is ideal for Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS), fisheries management, tracking of freight shipping containers, monitoring of oil and gas pipelines and heavy equipment telematics data reporting. The addition of BLE technology enables development of customized deployable deployable sensor systems that can be positioned on machinery, vehicles, vessels or across worksites. The new Iridium device has built-in Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity and secure, ruggedized packaging.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/01/07/iridium-edge-solar/