SpaceX could potentially roll out new products for Starlink and Swarm in the coming years that could capitalize on the synergies between their respective broadband and IoT businesses. Sara Spangelo, Swarm co-founder and former CEO of the company hinted at new products in a recent conversation with Via Satellite about how Swarm has functioned as…

Rivada Space Networks believes the true vision of 5G and the Internet of Things — where endless small devices are connected at all times — is possible through selling satellite capacity on a wholesale basis. The company, based in Germany, is led by Irish entrepreneur Declan Ganley, who co-founded Broadnet, which offered internet and telecoms services…

Globalstar has hired IoT industry veteran Chirag Patel as director of Product Management to lead the company’s vision for industrial IoT. He will be responsible for product vision, strategy, roadmap and go to market plans for Industrial IoT products, services, and software as a service solutions.  Patel joins Globalstar from Carrier, where he led the…

Satellite IoT company Astrocast has signed a deal with IoT company Soracom to provide a solution that integrates satellite and cellular IoT connectivity. Under the agreement announced Wednesday, Soracom will embed the Astrocast SatIoT solution into its platform. This will expand coverage for its 20,000 customers outside the reach of cellular networks.  The companies said…