Sony Semiconductor Israel has introduced a new dual-band low-power cellular IoT chipset solution which it claims is the “first” to combine the both LTE-M and NB-IoT in a single integrated modem. The new ALT1350 chipset also supports satellite (non-terrestrial; NTN) connectivity, plus cellular, satellite-GNSS,...
Direct-to-satellite service tests are planned for the remote mountains on Japan’s northernmost island
Rakuten Mobile announced this week that it has obtained preliminary licenses from Japanese regulators to begin testing direct-to-mobile satellite communication. The company said it is working with satellite maker AST SpaceMobile and its recently...
The company drew from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund, previously used for R&D investments in Corning and others
Apple’s iPhone 14, introduced in September, is the first iPhone to sport Emergency SOS by satellite functionality. Apple claimed on Thursday that the key feature was made possible...
Nascent satellite-based 5G narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) wholesaler Sateliot continues to put together the pieces of its network, announcing this week that its first functional low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite is expected to hitch a ride on a SpaceX launch in the first quarter of 2023.
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The satellite broadband service promises up to 350 Mbps with no caps, for $25K a month (plus equipment)
SpaceX announced this week Starlink Aviation, a new business unit of its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite service tasked with expanding into the in-flight Wi-Fi market. The...
Satellite telecom operator Sateliot is working to provide direct-to-satellite narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) connectivity, delivered by Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites. The company announced this week a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build a fully virtualized cloud-native 5G core for its NB-IoT service,...
London-based startup FloLIVE, offering aggregated hybrid-private 5G from global mobile operators for IoT use cases, is working with California-based satellite IoT provider Skylo to augment its footprint with the addition of non-terrestrial 5G network (NTN) coverage, to go beyond the reach of terrestrial mobile...
Speedcast announced this week a new partnership with broadband satellite service provider Starlink to provide Starlink services to Speedcast’s maritime and enterprise customers. Speedcast said that it’s already been supporting customer trials of Starlink as part of its own integrated services package.
The announcement took place...
The cell satellite service will leverage Nokia’s AirScale products
Nokia announced this week a five-year deal with AST SpaceMobile, the Texas firm with ambitions to build a space-based cellular broadband network accessible by standard 4G and 5G smartphones. Nokia isn’t flying into space with AST SpaceMobile, but...
Rohde & Schwarz has partnered with MediaTek to verify the first NTN NB-IoT protocol conformance test cases according to 3GPP 36.523-1 on MediaTek’s NTN IoT capable MT6825 chipset. This achievement sets the course for NTN device conformity approval – a significant step in bringing...
Rohde & Schwarz in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., will conduct a comprehensive set of tests for NB-IoT over non-terrestrial networks (NTN) to accurately verify two-way internet of things (IoT) data across various operating modes using GSO and GEO constellations in line with the...
5G is becomes more broadly deployed across the planet, but the technology may also eventually end up in the skies. 3GPP has established, and is continuing to build upon, standards that will enable 5G services to be delivered over satellite infrastructure, otherwise referred to...
Non-terrestrial networks (NTN) are being integrated into 5G standards and, according to standards body ATIS, "maximize the inherent value of 5G networks by solving coverage problems and difficult use-cases that ground-based infrastructure alone cannot address." While NTN are often assumed to be LEO or...
Swiss-based u-blox is working with SoftBank to develop common global navigation satellite system (GNSS) augmentation services for Japan, the US, and Europe. The pair have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on GNSS 1 augmentation services for global markets, with a view...
