Focus: IOT

Helios Wire announced that it has raised an additional $4 million in financing to help facilitate the launch of its first two satellites. According to Helios, it will allocate these funds toward […]

Recent hacks of smart-home devices seem to have caught the attention of United States lawmakers, who have drafted a bill that aims to regulate the Internet of Things (IOT). With […]

Thuraya Telecommunications announced the launch of its Thuraya IP M2M Service to support high volume, high throughput Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications. by Thuraya’s real-time, two-way Internet Protocol (IP) network with speeds […]

Orbcomm announced that it has signed a strategic distribution agreement with Machinestalk, an Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to provide Orbcomm’s global satellite, cellular […]

Here Technologies and MediaTek announced a collaboration to enable the Here Network Positioning solution on select MediaTek chipsets. Here Network Positioning employs proprietary technology to determine a device’s location based […]

The need for uninterrupted workflows and 100 percent up time of production machinery is driving Internet of Things (IoT) applications to adopt satellite as both the primary and backup communication […]

HiSky has announced the introduction of Smartellite, a small portable device that uses advanced phased array beam steering antennas to automatically locate satellites at any location. According to the company, […]

HiSky has announced the successful measurement and testing of its Ka-band antennas arranged in an 8×8 array. The antennas are an integral component of a small portable terminal developed by […]

Inmarsat announced that its LoRaWAN-based network developed in partnership with Actility, is delivering on its strategy to bring the Internet of Things (IoT) to every corner of the globe. Early applications in […]

[Via Satellite 01-18-2017] Orange Business Services has entered into a three-year, multi-million dollar contract with Viasat Group for a global Internet of Things (IoT) roaming service for up to 350,000 […]

[Via Satellite 01-11-2017] EightyLEO CEO Matthias Spott says the company’s vision of the Internet of Things (IoT) servicing network of communications satellites remains intact and on track, despite the fact […]

[Via Satellite 11-23-2016] The global satellite Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) market will reach 5.96 million in-service satellite M2M/IoT terminals by 2025, according to Northern Sky Research’s (NSR) […]

[Via Satellite 10-21-2016] Inmarsat and Vodafone have established a roaming agreement that lets Internet of Things (IoT) devices use international satellite and cellular roaming connectivity. The agreement will use the […]

[Via Satellite 10-07-2016] Globecomm is expanding the responsibilities of Anthony Sellers, VP of wireless products, having selected him to lead the company’s industrial Internet of Things (IoT) group. Now as […]

[Via Satellite 08-31-2016] Kepler Communications, a small satellite startup, is designing a constellation of CubeSats for Internet of Things (IoT) and inter-satellite communications services. The company last month announced $5 […]

[Via Satellite 08-31-2016] Carmanah, a Canada-based producer of energy-optimized LED solutions for infrastructure, has signed a far-reaching agreement with Globalstar to collaborate on the design and manufacture of new solar-powered […]

[Via Satellite 07-07-2016] The Internet of Things (IoT) will overtake mobile phones as the largest category of connected devices by 2018, a new report by Ericsson finds, creating a burgeoning […]

[Via Satellite 07-01-2016] The European Space Agency (ESA) recently launched an Invitation to Tender (ITT) through its Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) program to encourage prototyping of low data […]

[Via Satellite 05-18-2016] The World Teleport Association (WTA) has released a new research report titled “The Internet of Things Opportunity for Teleports” that finds large potential for future revenues coming […]

[Via Satellite 05-11-2016] OHB SE is forming a subsidiary in Bregenz, Austria that will specialize in satellite communications, particularly those related to Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) communications. Named […]

[Via Satellite 04-25-2016] AT&T has partnered with Globecomm to launch a new service that combines satellite and cellular connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT). Through the agreement, AT&T’s IoT […]

[Via Satellite 04-12-2016] Orbcomm has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Skygistics, a provider of satellite and cellular connectivity, as well as telematics solutions, based outside of Johannesburg, South Africa. Skygistics […]

[Via Satellite 03-09-2016] TSAT unveiled today a new satellite communications platform designed for service providers eager to tap into the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) market. TSAT 4000 Ku-band hub […]

[Via Satellite 02-29-2016] U.S. beer distributor B. United International is deploying satellite-enabled sensor technology from Ovinto to monitor the location, temperature and pressure of hundreds of beer, cider and mead […]

[Via Satellite 02-19-2016] Quake Global, a provider of communications for asset monitoring and tracking, anticipates that the Internet of Things (IoT) will influence a drawdown of barriers between satellite and […]

[Via Satellite 02-12-2016] ExactEarth held its first standalone conference call as a public company after its spinout from Com Dev concluded. During the call, CEO Peter Mabson laid out plans […]

[Via Satellite 02-11-2016] Lockheed Martin’s Aeronautics Division has selected Orbcomm’s turnkey iApp platform as a replacement to its existing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-based data collection solution. The iApp platform will […]

[Via Satellite 02-08-2016] Inmarsat has become a member of the LoRa Alliance, an international non-profit organization founded in 2015 to standardize Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) for the Internet […]

[Via Satellite 01-26-2016] The LoRa Alliance, a fast growing industry organization in the Internet of Things (IoT) space, is interested in having satellite companies join its ranks to help set […]

[Via Satellite 12-15-2015] Gilat Satcom is working with Cattle-Watch, a new location, behavior monitoring and tracking service for the cattle industry, to supply a satellite solution with connectivity over the Iridium network. […]