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Satellite IoT market sees over 100 vendors as LEO drives change

Fri, 1st Aug 2025
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The satellite IoT market now includes over 100 vendors as LEO constellations from Starlink and Amazon shake up the dominance of legacy operators by 2030.
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M2M One launches satellite IoT service for remote industries

Wed, 4th Jun 2025
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M2M One has launched a satellite IoT service in Australia and New Zealand, offering bundled data and hardware for remote industry connectivity needs.
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3GPP Standards for Satellite IoT – the catalyst for progression, or a Mexican standoff?

Thu, 22nd Feb 2024
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Amid a lowered cost to develop satellite networks, questions arise as to whether 3GPP Standards for Satellite IoT will serve as a progression catalyst or incite standstill tensions.
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Iridium launches solution to enhance IoT tracking and asset management

Wed, 6th Jan 2021
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The Iridium Edge Solar, a secure, maintenance-free, solar-powered remote asset tracking and management device, is now commercially available.
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Iridium completes US$3 billion satellite constellation upgrade

Thu, 7th Feb 2019
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Iridium completes $3bn satellite constellation upgrade and introduces new transceiver for portable and IoT-friendly applications.
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The tech that helped the first woman to sail around Australia

Mon, 17th Dec 2018
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Lisa Blair used devices from supplied by Pivotel to aid her in becoming the first woman to circumnavigate Australia non-stop.
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SpaceX, rockets & a successful satellite launch brings new comm services

Tue, 10th Oct 2017
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Iridium Communications successfully launches third batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites, bringing total in orbit to 30.