Focus: IOT

Viasat, Ligado Networks, and Skylo Technologies plan to work together to offer direct-to-devices services, the companies announced Thursday. The three companies have signed a non-binding MoU to offer direct-to-device (D2D)...

IoT provider emnify has signed a deal for satellite capacity with Lynk to enable IoT service. Under the agreement announced Tuesday, emnify customers will now be able to leverage their...

IoT network operator Astrocast completed an optimization of its satellite constellation for improved service and reliability, the operator announced Feb. 16.  Following the launch of a batch of four new...

EchoStar Corporation announced plans for a global S-band constellation to provide IoT services on Thursday, signing a deal with Astro Digital to manufacture the satellites. EchoStar ordered 28 small satellites...

Fleet Space Technologies is forming a partnership with Canadian metal exploration company, Power Nickel, the company announced Feb. 1. It will mark the first deployment in Canada of Fleet Space’s satellite-based...

ST Engineering iDirect has delivered its IoT solution to ARSAT, Argentina’s state-owned telecommunications company. The IoT solution will enable a number of use cases like fleet tracking, farming data, and...

Satellite IoT startup Sateliot is working with industrial IoT company Sensefinity for cargo tracking. The companies said they are launching technology with 1,000 smart containers connected via satellite.  Sensefinity will...

Satellite IoT startup Skylo announced partnerships Jan. 5 with both smartphone manufacturer Bullitt Group and IoT solutions company Quectel aimed at expanding connectivity through satellite through smart phones and IoT...

Iridium Communications debuted a new satellite IoT messaging service on Wednesday, Iridium Messaging Transport (IMT). It’s a two-way cloud-native networked data service optimized for Iridium Certus to make it easier...

With the highly anticipated Release 17 from 3GPP, narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) is now on a fast track to becoming the first technology to bridge the worlds of telecom and satcom....