Inmarsat is launching a new IoT partner program called Elevate to support businesses throughout the IoT ecosystem, the company announced Tuesday.  Inmarsat is increasing its activity in IoT as the market is growing. The company is rolling out Elera, an upgraded L-band network for IoT service using capacity from its I-6 satellites. The company believes…

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…

Analysts say the smallsat IoT business is on the way to becoming a $1 billion market in the next 10 years. New Space startups in this area are increasing their momentum building constellations and developing technologies to connect devices in remote areas outside the bounds of terrestrial networks. IoT smallsat business development has accelerated as…

Omnispace is working with British independent technology company TTP to lead the development of the Omnispace 5G NTN environment and emulation lab. The companies announced an agreement Wednesday to develop prototype products and demonstrate use on what they called the world’s first 3GPP compliant 5G NTN network, to validate various vendor platforms, applications and devices. …