Day: August 22, 2024

Sateliot launches NB-IoT satellites, preps commercial service

Editorial staff
Sateliot launches NB-IoT satellites

If only to remind us that, despite all the hullabaloo, non-terrestrial network (NTN; satellite) IoT technology remains a putative proposition, Barcelona-based satellite IoT provider Sateliot has issued a press notice to declare the launch of four new low-Earth orbit (LEO) nanosatellites on a SpaceX mission sets it on the path to a properly-available IoT service. The firm said customers have already “contracted” the firm to connect eight million devices. It said it plans to raise a further €30 million in series B funds shortly, and restated its target to achieve…

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DoT releases national V2X plan

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DoT releases national V2X plan

The U.S. Department of Transportation has officially released a national V2X plan for vehicle-to-everything communications and infrastructure, which envisions nationwide deployment of wireless technology in the 5.895-5.925 GHz band by 2036. “Deployments utilizing V2X technologies have already demonstrated the safety benefits on a smaller scale throughout the nation,” the agency said in the plan’s executive summary. “However, to realize the full lifesaving potential of V2X technology, it is important to expand the deployment and require vehicles and infrastructure to communicate safely, securely and without harmful interference across a variety of…

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