Lacuna Space says it has successfully tested direct communication between a LoRaWAN device on the ground and a satellite-based LoRaWAN gateway, and aims to launch a fleet of satellites that will provide global LoRaWAN coverage. The company says it has been collaborating with Semtech Corporation — the inventor of LoRaWAN — over the past two […]
AWS providing global satellite links for Myriota
Australian IoT satellite operator Myriota has been named as one of the first customers of Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) AWS Ground Station, a service that enables satellites to be controlled from AWS and data from satellites to be downloaded into AWS Global Infrastructure Regions using a network of ground station antennas around the world. Other […]
UbiquitiLink promises global connectivity from any cellphone
US based startup UbiquitiLink plans to launch a network of low earth orbit satellites that will support communications to and from standard cellphones and IoT devices using NB-IoT over most of the earth’s surface. In terrestrial networks cellphone range is limited to about 35kms but this is a fixed limit built into the technology, not […]
Myriota promises satellite IoT from matchbox-sized device
Australian startup Myriota is commercialising technology developed at the University of South Australia designed to provide two-way communication via satellites for IoT applications from a device the size of a matchbox that will be able to run for several years on a battery. The company was spun off from the University in November 2015 with […]
