UK-based low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network operator OneWeb has signed a couple of channel sales deals. It has a new agreement with UK-based enterprise connectivity provider Momentum to integrate its satellite services with French satellite operator Eutelsat, in order to deliver broader satellite connectivity...
AT&T has agreed to lease spectrum in the 700 MHz and 850 MHz bands to AST SpaceMobile
In an official filing, AT&T asked the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve waivers allowing satellite-direct-to-phone company AST SpaceMobile to operate on leased spectrum from the carrier....
The Federal Communications Commission has unanimously approved new rules in place that govern how space-based systems coordinate and share spectrum, in an attempt to balance early-mover system protections while enabling newer players to have spectrum access.
The changes mark the first work coming out of...
Rosenworcel envisions a seamless 'Single Network Future'
With interest in integration of satellite and terrestrial networks on the rise in order to provide ubiquitous coverage, the Federal Communications Commission has proposed a new regulatory framework meant to support collaborations between satellite and wireless terrestrial network...
France-based telecoms operator Orange has signed with satellite operator OneWeb to augment its fixed and cellular network connectivity in rural and remote areas of Europe, Latin America, and particularly in Africa. Orange said OneWeb’s low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites will “complement” its cellular backhaul infrastructure...
MWC 2023, Barcelona. Cellular will now find your IoT sensor in “every warehouse, farmhouse, outhouse, and doghouse”, to (mis)quote Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard; Deutsche Telekom has said it is working with Intelsat and Skylo to offer a satellite extension to its terrestrial cellular IoT...
AST SpaceMobile CEO has said goal is to 'close the connectivity gaps that negatively impact billions of lives'
AST SpaceMobile, a satellite operator which is based in the U.S., has entered two new partnerships: One with Kuwaiti operator Zain, and another with Brazil’s TIM.
In the...
Massive IoT – or massive machine-type communications (mMTC) – is all around us. We live in a vast connected ecosystem of data-gathering applications that draw on comparatively low levels of data at source but which, when aggregated by application vendor or enterprise user, is...
The last couple of years have taken its toll on many high-tech companies and industries. That includes the wireless and mobile industry and companies in the segment like Qualcomm, Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, NTT, HTC, Samsung, MediaTek, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Google, Dell, Broadcom, Texas Instruments and...
Data is vital for monitoring the environment to improve the way increasingly scarce resources are used. The ability to monitor the systems that manage those resources anywhere on the globe is also vital, but it can be a challenge. Cellular 3G and 4G technologies...
Asset tracking is a seminal use case for the IoT market. It is one of the key applications – along with, and combined with, asset monitoring – that underpins the whole movement as it congregates around the supply chain sector, supposed to grow rapidly-massive...
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,...
The BotswanaSat-1 (Bot-SAT-1) is a cube satellite and will be used for earth observation
Scientists in Botswana have said that the country’s International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) will likely launch its first satellite into space in 2023. Three years ago, the president of...
The BlueWalker 3 was launched in September on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket
Satellite designer and manufacturer AST SpaceMobile has shared that its direct-to-cell satellite, the BlueWalker 3, which launched in September on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, has been successfully deployed. The update is considered a critical step...
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...
Vodafone is looking to offer enhanced satellite positioning to locate IoT devices and autonomous vehicles within centimetres, rather than with standard metre-range accuracy, as with straight GNSS services. It is working with US-based GNSS system developer Topcon Positioning Group to test the new service...
Satellite IoT company Wyld Networks has signed a deal with Switzerland-based IoT manufacturer Miromico to design and manufacture a new range of sensor-to-satellite LoRaWAN modules and terminals to support remote and hard-to-reach IoT applications. Miromico will also resell the UK firm’s Wyld Connect portfolio...
Through this process, the DoT aims to unlock and sell a total of 5,500 megahertz of spectrum
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has formed an internal group with the aim of developing a plan to include the 37.0-42.5 GHz range as international mobile telecommunications (IMT)...
The IoT hardware market has, suddenly, shrunk – in order to expand, and to rebalance the western power-play. So say market watchers, reacting to the twin acquisitions this week by US-based chipmaker and Semtech, which has confirmed a deal to splurge $1.2 billion on...
Telefónica is looking to offer a 5G-based dual-mode terrestrial-and-satellite service for NB-IoT connectivity. Its digital services business, Telefónica Tech, and managed services division, Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS), are working with Barcelona-based satellite telco operator Sateliot to run Release 17-level IoT data over both ground-based...
UK-based Wyld Networks has launched a range of sensor-to-satellite LoRaWAN devices for IoT applications where there is little or no terrestrial connectivity. The new hybrid terrestrial and satellite IoT devices, marketed under the Wyld Connect name, transfer data directly to terrestrial networks or via...
Verizon paying SES $170 million to accelerate C-Band clearing
Verizon in January activated its C-Band spectrum, won at auction in 2021, and immediately covered 100 million people with mid-band 5G. The year-end goal is to expand that coverage number to 175 million. And now, based...
UK-based (Sweden-owned) IoT connectivity specialist Wyld Networks and US-based IoT solution provider TrakAssure have announced the first fruit of their joint labour, also with LoRaWAN system provider Senet and satellite operator Eutelsat, to deliver a “first-to-market” terrestrial-and-satellite IoT solution for the supply chain industry....
