Telefónica España, a 5G mobile network services oeprator, has signed a collaboration agreement with Sateliot, a specialist in 5G NTN IoT satellite telecommunications, to apply 5G NR (New Radio) technology in the space domain. This will expand coverage to remote, maritime, and unconnected areas while also supporting the deployment of critical services for security and […]

NordSpace, a Canadian-owned space missions and launch company, has been awarded approximately $250,000 in funding under the Department of National Defence (DND) Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) programme to advance its Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellite constellation technology for resilient non-terrestrial networks (NTN). This award stems from the IDEaS ‘Extended communication coverage: […]

Spanish satellite business Sateliot, which is planning a fleet of satellites mainly to address Internet of Things (IoT) demand, has opened a Series C round of financing which is looking to secure €100 million. The aim is to build and launch 16 satellites and also to demo its new 5G ‘New Radio’ service which will […]

This year, World IoT Day (April 9th) marks a global recognition of the growing convergence of IoT and AI. With Transforma Insights forecasting AIoT connections to rise from 1.4 billion at the end of 2023 to 9.1 billion at the end of 2033, the relationship between these technologies is set to accelerate in years to […]

Berg Insight, the IoT market research provider, has released a market study covering the video telematics market. The integration of cameras to enable various video-based solutions in commercial vehicle environments is one of the strongest trends in the fleet telematics sector in recent years. Berg Insight’s definition of video telematics includes a broad range of […]

Satellite operator SES used the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona to introduce its trial of a dedicated technology for IoT which can aid farmers. Specifically, SES and IoT technology provider Advannotech are collaborating to bring technology to South Africa’s next generation of farmers. The project enables young farmers to get a feel for data-driven […]

Luxembourg-based satellite-to-smartphone specialist OQ Technology has received a €25 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The sum is in the form of EIB venture debt. The cash will help further development of OQ’s network of low-earth-orbit satellites, offering 5G coverage and connectivity for direct-to-device Internet of Things and smartphones. The financing, supported by […]

Investments in transformative technologies are continuing to grow among enterprises, with analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) leading the way across all sectors. Sixty-six per cent of enterprise respondents are either currently investing in agentic AI (34 per cent) or planning to invest during the coming year (32 per cent), and several profound shifts are reshaping […]

Astrolight, a space and defence-tech company pioneering laser communication solutions across space, ground and maritime domains, is set to demonstrate its low-SWaP (size, weight, and power) ATLAS-1 laser communication terminals in space for the first time. The terminals will demonstrate high-bandwidth (up to 1 Gbps), secure space-to-ground links aboard two customer satellites, scheduled for launch […]