[Satellite TODAY 03-12-10] SkyBitz and Iridium Communications Inc. have formed a strategic partnership to provide global MSS for SkyBitz, the companies announced March 10.
   The companies will develop a two-way, remote asset tracking and monitoring solution that integratof SkyBitz Global Locating System technology with the Iridium 9602 satellite data transceiver. The two companies already have tested prototypes.
   “This partnership provides our existing and prospective subscriber base of several hundred thousand the ability to manage their assets for the first time ever on a global scale anywhere, anytime,” Homaira Akbari, president and CEO of SkyBitz, said in a statement. “We are proud to be partnered with Iridium and we are committed to leveraging their unique capabilities for our new global two-way M2M communications solution.”