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FIRST 5G IOT

SATELLITE LINK

Sateliot and Nordic have completed the first ever 5G integrate satellite IoT into their existing infrastructure,
IoT transmission between a standard commercial extending network reach with without overhauling
cellular IoT device and its Low Earth Orbit satellite hardware or operations.
constellation, demonstrating that existing cellular
Oyvind Birkenes, Executive Vice President of the
IoT devices can connect directly to satellites without
Long Range Business Unit at Nordic Semiconductor,
any hardware modifications and so create true
comments:
interoperability between terrestrial and non-
terrestrial networks. “ The lack of global and harmonised coverage
has held back the IoT and M2M markets for years.
For telecom operators the breakthrough offers
With this breakthrough it’s now possible to create
extended coverage beyond traditional infrastructure
low-power devices with satellite connectivity and
with seamless IoT connectivity anywhere in the world.
accelerate deployments across key use cases”.
Currently terrestrial networks only cover about 20 per
cent of the Earth. Reference: Nolan, S., ‘Sateliot and Nordic achieve First 5G IoT Satellite
Link’, Telco Magazine, 11th. October
The development utilises Nordic Semiconductor’s
nRF9151 low-power cellular IoT module renowned
for its efficiency and extended battery life, and
complies with the 5G NB-IoT Release Standard. This
standardisation ensures that telecom operators can

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