5G over satellite is coming. Last December, the satellite and telecoms industries, through the overarching 3rd Generation Partnership Project standards development organization, committed to the future convergence of terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN). This will create an extended open 5G ecosystem in which satellite, other non-terrestrial and mobile network operators will be able to cooperate…

Telit has partnered with Sternum, the multilayered cybersecurity solution to provide real-time embedded protection for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Telit said Sternum’s solution can be built into its xE910 module family to give customers in-depth visibility and security for their entire device fleet. This visibility is designed to provide real-time alerts of cyber breaches,…

Kinéis, a French IoT connectivity provider, has raised 100 million euro, reaching its capital target. Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS), French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), Bpifrance via the fund for Industrial Project Companies (SPI), financed by the “Investments for the Future” program and the European Investment Bank (EIB), Ifremer, Thales, Celad, BNP Paribas Développement,…

Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) is designing and building the first fully operational nanosatellite in Kepler Communications’ next-generation constellation of communications satellites. SFL is also helping Kepler to set up a manufacturing workflow at a new facility in Toronto where Kepler's nanosatellites will be mass produced.  Kepler Communications, headquartered in Toronto, develops satellite communication technologies and…