Successfully Completed Tests of Pioneering Satellite IoT Technology

Thuraya, the mobile satellite services subsidiary of the Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), the UAE-based global satellite operator, and eSAT Global, a pioneer in low cost Satellite IoT connectivity, announced the completion of successful tests validating eSAT’s revolutionary Global LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Network) communications technology over Thuraya’s satellite system. As a provider of mobile satellite services (MSS) over its geostationary (GEO) satellites, Thuraya offers an expanding range of compelling voice, broadband data, and M2M/IoT capabilities for land, maritime and aeronautical applications.To date, only modest consideration has been given to the use of direct links to GEO MSS satellites for LPWAN connectivity for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.eSAT’s tests of its breakthrough technology over Thuraya’s robust GEO MSS system reveal that this approach is practical as well as highly advantageous, and that low latency, low-cost LPWAN connectivity is about to become a reality with the use of Thuraya’s cutting-edge technology. www.thuraya.com