Semtech and EchoStar Mobile to Test Satellite IoT Connectivity Service

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The collaboration is aimed at creating the first low cost satellite-based real-time bidirectional massive IoT connectivity service. Semtech Corporation and EchoStar Corporation subsidiary EchoStar Mobile a mobile satellite services provider offering connectivity across Europe through a converged satellite and terrestrial network announced the launch of an initiative to test satellite connectivity services enabled by the LoRaWAN® protocol. “With our technology collaborator Semtech and as a new member of the LoRa Alliance® we are excited to explore the use of next-generation LoRaWAN network technology to bring new satellite-based connectivity services to the Internet of Things (IoT) market ” said Telemaco Melia Senior Director of Commercial Operations at EchoStar Mobile. “New LoRa satellite services are expected to bring lower price points to the market opening up a larger addressable opportunity across key industries including logistics asset tracking transportation utilities agriculture and maritime.” The LoRa Alliance an open non-profit global association that develops maintains and promotes the LoRaWAN protocol for low power wide area networks (LPWANs) recently expanded the LoRaWAN protocol to include Long Range – Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (LR-FHSS) data rates. LR-FHSS extends the LoRaWAN protocol’s support to enable direct data links from end nodes to satellites by leveraging either the Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) unlicensed band or in the case of EchoStar Mobile through licensed spectrum which provides a differentiated service versus the ISM band. LR-FHSS can support millions of end nodes and delivers a new level of robustness for IoT services. “It’s estimated that only 10% of the world’s surface has terrestrial connectivity. Semtech’s LoRa® devices integrated with LR-FHSS allow satellites to connect IoT devices in the vast remote areas around the globe to enable IoT solutions with an unmatched continuum of coverage and performance ” said

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