South Australian satellite IoT company Myriota is to provide IoT communications for the South Australian Government’s planned SASAT1 low earth orbit satellite. South Australian premier, Steven Marshall announced SASAT1 on 20 January, describing it as $6.5m project that would provide information to improve state services such as, emergency services, the environment, water quality monitoring, mining […]
Aussie Rick Somerton to head satellite IoT player eSat Global
Rick Somerton, presently regional director ANZ for satellite IoT player eSat Global, has been promoted to the company’s CEO. Somerton joined eSat Global, a US based company planning to use existing geostationary satellites to provide communications for IoT, as regional director ANZ in November 2019. Before that he was CEO and founder of IoT OZ, […]
Geosat IoT player eSAT Global appoints ANZ director
eSAT Global – which is planning to use existing geostationary satellites for IoT applications — has named Rick Somerton as regional director for Australian and New Zealand. eSAT executive chairman David Lyon, said the company saw Australia and New Zealand as “two advanced markets with significant opportunities in agriculture, mining and energy,” adding “[Somerton] brings […]
