Mobile satellite and IoT service provider Globalstar reported some small signs of recovery from COVID-19 during its first fiscal quarter of 2021 (Q121), particularly with commercial IoT equipment sales revenues and gross SPOT service activations. The company's total Q121 revenues declined 16% from the first quarter of 2020 to $26.9 million -- mostly due to…

EchoStarMobile, an EchoStar subsidiary, has reached a deal with Semtech Corporation to test satellite Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity services enabled by the LoRaWAN protocol.  LoRaWAN is a protocol for Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs) that is used for IoT networks. It has recently expanded to include Long Range – Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum…

Inmarsat has launched an Application and Solution Provider (ASP) program, the company announced April 1. This will be an ecosystem for providers of software, hardware and solutions, as well as original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in commercial land markets. ASPs will gain access to Inmarsat’s global satellite connectivity and regional presence to scale their solutions into…

CloudOps, a managed services and software company based in Québec, will build the cloud infrastructure for Telesat's new Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network, the companies announced March 30. Under the terms of a new strategic partnership agreement, CloudOps will serve as Telesat's software prime contractor for the Lightspeed constellation. It will design and…