Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation operator Globalstar and Pan–American mobile satellite service provider Globalsat Group confirmed Tuesday that they finished development on a satellite IoT solution designed to monitor remote renewable energy stations in Latin America. The two companies have also entered into a partnership agreement to initially deploy 23,000 of these devices throughout the region.…

EchoStar Mobile Limited, a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation launched an early adopter program for a European satellite-based LoRa Internet of Things (IoT) service. The program will allow participants in sectors such as transport and logistics, agriculture, oil and gas and utilities to test the satellite-enabled connectivity solution.  Telemaco Melia, vice president and general manager of…

Inmarsat is pursuing a new partnership with satellite Internet of Things (IoT) startup Hiber. Inmarsat will provide the satellite connectivity backbone on which it Hiber will continue to build Hiberband, its low-cost, low-power IoT, the companies announced Oct. 12. Mike Carter, president of Inmarsat Enterprise told Via Satellite that Hiber will be an IoT ecosystem…

Blue Sky Network has debuted a new dual-mode data management solution called SkyLink for land, air, sea, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. It offers both Iridium's Certus service and local GSM/LTE connectivity for continuous sensor reporting, asset utilization, IoT monitoring, and two-way messaging. Skylink said the software and hardware configuration was engineered to capture…