As the footprint of terrestrial (cellular) network coverage is largely complete, the focus is shifting to satellite connectivity. According to Omdia, new technologies and innovation are driving renewed interest in the satellite market with telecom providers eagerly forming partnerships with…
Renesas launches SOC aimed at satellites
Renesas Electronics, a provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, has unveiled a comprehensive space-ready reference design for the AMD Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302 Adaptive SOC. Created in partnership with AMD, the ISLVERSALDEMO3Z power management reference design incorporates essential space-grade components for…
NB-IoT transforming satellites and verticals
Conversations about what cellular network technology operates the best is ongoing; what’s closer to the truth is that it depends on the end application. Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) is a type of Low Power Wide Area (LPWAN) technology designed for IoT applications…
Sateliot to launch four satellites this year
Sateliot, the first company to operate a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) 5G IoT satellite constellation as a seamless roaming extension of cellular networks, will launch four new satellites with SpaceX this year. With these four new satellites, in addition to the…
Tapping global launch vehicle portfolio to take Astrocast IoT constellation to orbit
Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) to launch the four nanosatellites in October 2022 under commercial arrangement with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of ISRO. Spaceflight, the leading global launch services provider, today announced it will launch four…
Preparing for disaster with satellite IoT
Claudia Smith, Regional Business Development Manager, Globalstar, discusses what satellite IoT technologies can do to combat natural disasters. Besides loss of life, there are other significant losses that communities suffer due to natural disasters, such as damage to infrastructure, misplacement of…
Satellite IoT network planned for energy station monitoring in Latin America
Globalstar has partnered with Globalsat Group to deploy a jointly developed IoT solution powered by Globalstar’s satellite network designed to monitor renewable energy stations located in remote areas of Latin America. The initial deployment will include 23,000 devices throughout the…
