porting goods to us. Tourism is being affected globally by our slowdown in spending. People are traveling now mainly for business and not as much for pleasure. Most of the travel is main!
             ly in the continental U.S. so U.S. dollars are staying in the U.S., whereas in prior years they would have been spent in the markets of other countries. Problems with the livestock industry in the UK will severely limit them in what they are able to spend. The UK is facing financially difficult times with tourism hitting an all time low. The UK has lost a lot is money because they are no longer able to sell beef and pork. Iridium faces many economic obstacles in introducing their service to the market in September. There are many governmental regulations when it comes to the use of space satellites. Iridium has had to go through various channels to get permission to set up and use their space satellites. Several of the satellites that Iridium will use belong to different governments. Iridium is carefully monitored by these governments, and limited to the extent in which they can use these satellites. Also, with Iridium taking their service global, they must obey the regulation!
             s and requests of foreign governments.
             Iridium faces many threats with the immerging technology that will be available to its competitors. Many other companies are working on a way to provide similar service, with more advantages, at lower prices. With any technological product, the threat is of better products and technology coming out as more research is done.
             Strengths: Iridium has the technology to provide their customers with the ability to call anywhere in the world through a network of 66 satellites orbiting 420 nautical miles above that connects into a land-based cellular-phone network joining more than 200 service providers in 90 countries. Iridium has many investors, like the Russian and Chinese governments and Motorola, to finance this new project. This is imp...