Focus: IOT

Viasat has agreed to acquire RigNet, the operator announced Monday, a move that will make Viasat a vertically-integrated player in the energy sector. The all-stock transaction gives RigNet, which provides […]

The U.S. Army has given Orbcomm a single-award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $45.6 million for its Next Generation Tag (NGT) program. The multi-year NGT contract […]

The satellite business has developed a bandwidth obsession.  Really, it’s nothing to apologize for. After decades as one of the most capacity-constrained communications technologies, the industry has lately been enjoying […]

Skylo is partnering with BSNL, India’s government-owned telecommunications provider, to deploy a satellite-based Internet of Things (IoT) network in India, the company revealed Dec. 10. This news comes after Skylo […]

Speedcast International has launched an Internet of Things (IoT) remote asset management platform deployed on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for IoT customers, the company announced Wednesday. The platform services Speedcast […]

EchoStar Mobile is partnering with Jersey Telecom (JT) to offer a cellular roaming network for its new SYNERGY service suite. EchoStar Mobile will be combining its European S-band mobile satellite network […]

Totum Labs, a satellite Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity company, revealed Monday the completion of a $13 million Series A financing round. Heroic Ventures and Space Capital co-led the investment […]

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has approved Sateliot’s plan to launch a constellation of 100 nanosatellites for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity. Sateliot announced in November that it is now […]

Orbital Sidekick (OSK) on Thursday revealed that the company received a 12-month contract to serve as a technology partner with the Intelligent Pipeline Integrity Program (iPIPE). With this award, OSK […]

Intelsat revealed on its corporate blog on Tuesday that the Intelsat CellBackhaul service is coming to Europe. The company recently implemented a new gateway using Comtech hubs at the Intelsat […]

Exolaunch signed a launch agreement with Omnispace to deliver two satellites into orbit, the companies revealed Nov. 10. Exolaunch will provide launch, mission management, integration, and deployment services for these […]

Iridium Communications revealed Wednesday that Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Kobelco Construction Machinery (KCM) integrated Iridium’s satcom connectivity into its hydraulic excavator machinery, heavy equipment, and the KOMEXS remote asset management […]

HiSky partnered with SpaceCom to launch services via the AMOS-17 satellite, HiSky revealed Monday. HiSky aims to streamline its systems and increase data rates of very small mobile terminals by […]

Hiber revealed Monday the launch of HiberHilo, a subscription-based Internet of Things (IoT) end-to-end solution for oil and gas well integrity monitoring. The company says this is the first subscription […]

Lacuna Space completed in-orbit checks on Tuesday for an Internet of Things (IoT) small satellite launched on Sept. 28 by Roscosmos. The satellite payload and mission is a modified IoT […]

Gilat Satellite Networks successfully demonstrated carrying 5G traffic over Thaicom’s Geostationary Orbit (GEO) High-Throughput Satellite (HTS), the company revealed last Thursday. Gilat’s cellular backhaul solution is now declared operational and […]

Inmarsat and Orbcomm have extended their Internet of Things (IoT) partnership through at least 2035 to collaborate on product innovation, IoT satellite service distribution and telematics devices, the companies announced […]

Ligado Networks that it has raised $3.85 billion in new capital from new and existing investors, led by JPMorgan Chase & Co. This capital  raise, announced Oct. 23, will support Ligado […]

RigNet, Inc. has received a multi-year contract with what it calls one of the “largest contractors” in the offshore drilling industry to provide fully managed communications services and global satellite […]

Speedcast has reached a long-term agreement with Nokia to deploy Nokia’s private wireless network for its mining and energy enterprise customers. By integrating the Nokia Industrial Private LTE 4.9G network, […]

Thales Alenia Space has selected Anywaves as the prime contractor to deliver payload user antennas that will be embedded into the initial set of two satellites for Omnispace’s Internet of […]

CropX has acquired New Zealand-based Regen, provider of cloud-based effluent and irrigation decision support tools, the company announced Thursday. Current Regen customers now have access to CropX’s in-soil data and […]

Eutelsat CEO Rodolphe Belmer, who leads one of the world’s largest global satellite operator businesses, says he expects meaningful consolidation among satellite communications companies to happen soon — and that […]

Inmarsat is working with CPN Satellite Services and MinFarm Tech to simplify connecting Low Power Wide Area (LoRa) networks to satellite. The companies are launching the MF 400 IoT Satellite […]

Exolaunch revealed on Tuesday that it signed a launch agreement for two of Kepler’s 6U XL satellites. Exolaunch will provide launch, mission management, integration, and deployment services to Kepler’s satellites on […]

MediaTek reports it has conducted a successful trial of a 5G satellite Internet of Things (IoT) data connection. In a Wednesday release, MediaTek said it established a bi-directional link and […]

Skylo revealed on Tuesday that it is partnering with Sony Semiconductor Israel (formerly known as Altair Semiconductor). Skylo and Sony say they are the first to develop and deploy cellular […]

Iridium is partnering with CLS Telemetry, Everywhere Communications, Marlink, M2M Connectivity, Rock Seven, and Tesacom to test its newest satellite Internet of Things (IoT) device Iridium Edge Solar.  The solar-powered […]

The Global Certification Forum (GCF) activated certification of a test plan for Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything Communications (C-V2X). This test plan uses technology from Qualcomm Technologies and Keysight Technologies. The test cases […]

Loft Orbital awarded a contract to small satellite manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) to develop and build the YAM-4 spacecraft bus for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Honeywell‘s Quantum […]