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Device upgrades have already started to enable Verizon customers using some Samsung Galaxy S25 and Google Pixel 9 smartphone models to do D2C texting.

Taiwanese advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and private network provider Ubiik has introduced a ‘5G’ IoT router for use with public, private, and satellite-based NB-IoT and LTE-M networks. The product, called …

The global IoT market will almost double in value over the next five years, growing a compound rate (CAGR) of 13.5 percent per year over the period, from a total …

MWC 2025, Barcelona: Germany-based security tech group Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has announced a satellite IoT deal with US satellite connectivity startup Skylo, offering Release-17 level (5G-compatible) NB-IoT on geostationary (GEO) satellites. …

A couple of items across the news desk this week about non-terrestrial network (NTN; satellite) extensions for cellular 5G-branded IoT connectivity: Luxembourg-based NTN-IoT startup OQ Technology has signed Aramco Digital …

AST SpaceMobile supported live NTN video calls for Verizon, AT&T via its new Bluebird LEO satellites Verizon said that it has successfully completed its first Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) live video …

The direct-to-cellular or D2C texting service is available on four smartphones, free of charge for eligible users One New Zealand has become the first carrier to launch a nationwide satellite-based …

The carrier has started accepting sign-ups for its direct-to-cellular service with Starlink T-Mobile US is now taking registrations for a beta direct-to-cellular service that will start early in 2025. T-Mobile …

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €30 million loan to Barcelona-based startup Sateliot to co-finance the rollout of its constellation of over 100 low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, geared …

UK-based cellular IoT MVNO Eseye is working with cellular IoT satellite connectivity provider Sateliot to connect customers where terrestrial cellular IoT networks do not reach. Sateliot, building a low-earth orbit …

To understand the commercial reality of cellular connectivity, in this case 5G, it’s important to understand the standardization work that set the stage for real-world deployments. So before we look …

Spirent Communications is in the process of being acquired by Keysight Technologies Spirent Communications said that it has been seeing an “uptick” in its performance during the third quarter of …

AST SpaceMobile’s five recently launched BlueBird satellites have been successfully unfurled in orbit, the company said in an update, and its preparations for commercial service are underway. The five BlueBirds …

The direct-to-cellular service is pre-commercial, but it has been activated in parts of North Carolina to help the hurricane recovery effort The Federal Communications Commission has given permission for T-Mobile …

The test was conducted at KT SAT’s Geumsan Satellite Center in collaboration with Rohde & Schwarz Korea and Viavi Solutions Korea South Korea’s KT and its satellite subsidiary KT SAT …

Barcelona-based satellite IoT provider Sateliot has raised €10 million from venture capital group Global Portfolio Investments as part of a continuing €30 million Series-B funding round, as covered here, which …

Network equipment vendor Ericsson has joined the new Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN)-focused industry advocacy group, MSSA, that is focused on the use of satellite spectrum for direct-to-cellular device and IoT communications. …

Softbank and Intelsat are developing a universal device capable of maintaining a network connection worldwide Softbank and Intelsat have announced a joint effort to establish “seamless 5G connections” between mobile …

Swiss IoT module maker u-blox has launched its first combined terrestrial and non-terrestrial network (NTN; satellite) IoT module, the so-called SARA-S528NM10. It uses the firm’s UBX-S52 dual-mode chipset, offering connectivity …

Satellite direct-to-cellular company AST SpaceMobile has confirmed a target launch date of September 12 for its first five BlueBird satellites, destined for low Earth orbit, which will provide the basis …

SoftBank said that it will offer eight service plans for businesses and government agencies Japanese telecom operator SoftBank has struck a deal with Eutelsat Group to offer satellite connectivity services. …

Alex Rodriguez’ SPAC, called SLAM, is being delisted ahead of its merger with Lynk for failure to complete the combination within the required timeframe Baseball player and entrepreneur Alex Rodriguez’s …

African fibre broadband and satellite connectivity provider Liquid Intelligent Technologies has signed an exclusive deal with Globalstar to sell the US satellite firm’s private 5G products in Africa and the …

If only to remind us that, despite all the hullabaloo, non-terrestrial network (NTN; satellite) IoT technology remains a putative proposition, Barcelona-based satellite IoT provider Sateliot has issued a press notice …

AST SpaceMobile provided a business update this week, as it preps for the launch of its first five satellites to support a commercial direct-to-cellular service. That long-anticipated launch is expected …