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Semtech Launches Industry’s First Single Vendor Device-to-Cloud Cellular and Satellite IoT Solution with Skylo

Written by admin on October 10, 2025. Posted in Partner News.

Smart Connectivity Premium now offers access to terrestrial and satellite networks through a single SIM—delivering the industry’s first device-to-cloud IoT solution when combined with Skylo-certified HL78xx LPWA modules and the unified management platform

Semtech Corporation¹ and Skylo² today announced an expanded partnership that delivers the industry’s first complete device-to-cloud terrestrial and satellite IoT solution from a single partner.

Global IoT deployments have long been hampered by a fundamental challenge: devices lose connectivity the moment they move beyond cellular tower range, leaving critical applications like asset tracking, agricultural monitoring and remote utilities vulnerable to coverage gaps. While traditional satellite connectivity solutions exist, they are typically costly and bespoke with a high Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). These custom solutions typically require businesses to establish and maintain relationships with multiple vendors, handle separate device certifications and integrate different platforms—creating complexity, extending deployment timelines and ballooning costs.

Semtech has eliminated these barriers by combining Skylo-certified HL7810 and HL7812 Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) modules, the global Smart Connectivity Premium SIM with integrated NTN access and unified management via the AirVantage® platform. This integrated offering automatically switches between terrestrial and satellite networks enabling continuous connectivity. This breakthrough addresses a rapidly expanding market, with IoT-NTN connections growing at over 25% annually through 2030 according to ABI Research.

“Semtech is our first partner to deliver Skylo-certified modules with integrated network access,” said Tarun Gupta, chief product officer and co-founder at Skylo. “By integrating Skylo’s satellite network directly into Semtech’s Smart Connectivity platform, we’re making NTN IoT as simple as ordering a traditional cellular solution. This partnership represents the future of seamless global connectivity, ensuring that enterprises have access to connectivity and insights wherever their devices are located.”

“By combining terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks in a single solution, we’re solving real challenges across industries from logistics and transportation to maritime, energy, and agriculture,” said Rupa Datta, vice president of IoT Connected Services at Semtech.

“Now, businesses deploying IoT solutions globally can focus on their core mission instead of wrestling with complex connectivity issues. We’ve simplified global IoT deployment to its essence: one SIM, one contract and uninterrupted connectivity with truly global coverage.”

The solution features Semtech’s HL7810 LPWA module supporting LTE-M, NB-IoT and NTN connections, while the HL7812 adds 2G fallback capability. When coupled with the Smart Connectivity Premium SIM, the solution offers access to 600+ 4G LTE and 5G partner networks across 190+ countries and territories, plus Skylo’s satellite NTN. Skylo, with a network spanning 36 countries worldwide across 60 million square kilometers of coverage, enables IoT devices and other devices to connect via NTN for a truly seamless experience. Skylo partners with satellite operators such as Viasat, Terrestar Solutions, Ligado Networks, and EchoStar for spectrum and capacity. Through the AirVantage management platform, businesses can manage devices, SIMs and billing on a single pane of glass with predictable monthly fees—dramatically reducing operational complexity and total cost of ownership (TCO) for global deployments.

Key Innovations Include

Seamless, automatic network switching between terrestrial and satellite networks.
Single contract covering multiple connectivity types.
Unified device and connectivity management through AirVantage platform.
Comprehensive support from a single trusted partner—Semtech.

Availability

The solution is open for testing now with qualifying customers, with general availability planned for November 2025. Interested businesses can contact Semtech to discuss early access opportunities.

¹ Semtech Corporation, a leading provider of high-performance semiconductor, Internet of Things (IoT) systems and cloud connectivity service solutions
² Skylo, a leader in direct-to-device satellite connectivity with over 10 million activated devices on its global Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN)

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Sateliot and Nordic Enable First 5G IoT Link from LEO Satellites

Written by admin on October 8, 2025. Posted in Company News.

This achievement reinforces Europe’s leadership in satellite-based telecommunications for standard IoT devices and its goals of competitiveness, security, and strategic autonomy.

Sateliot, the leading 5G IoT satellite telecommunications operator, has achieved a historic industry milestone by successfully completing the first-ever 5G IoT transmission between a standard commercial cellular IoT device directly from its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation which provides global coverage.

This breakthrough marks a paradigm shift in connectivity. It validates full interoperability between terrestrial and satellite networks, proving that cellular IoT devices designed for existing mobile infrastructure can seamlessly connect to space-based networks without any hardware modifications.

With this achievement, Sateliot makes global coverage a reality for telecom operators worldwide and enables any IoT service provider to extend their reach, regardless of the availability of terrestrial infrastructure.

The demo consisted of sending an end-to-end message using Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF9151 low power cellular IoT module – the lowest power cellular IoT solution on the market, with industry-leading battery lifetime performance. Without any hardware changes, the nRF9151 module successfully connected through Sateliot’s LEO constellation, replicating the seamless roaming experience that mobile networks already offer on the ground.

The project was developed in collaboration with Nordic, a global leader in low-power wireless connectivity solutions, and Gatehouse Satcom, a reference player in 5G satellite communications software. Both companies contributed their expertise to validate the end-to-end solution in compliance with the 5G NB-IoT Release 17 standard.

This milestone paves the way for a new generation of global IoT services—from logistics and agriculture to environmental monitoring, critical infrastructure, and defense and security—by extending connectivity beyond terrestrial networks, which today cover only 20% of the planet. For the first time, the remaining 80% of oceans, deserts, and remote areas can come online with affordable and resilient communications.

A European technological first

By demonstrating for the first time that standard, low-cost commercial IoT sensors can connect directly from space, Sateliot positions Europe at the forefront of satellite and 5G technologies. This milestone democratizes access to IoT connectivity—lowering costs and enabling businesses, governments, and communities worldwide—while at the same time reinforcing Europe’s goals of competitiveness, security, and strategic autonomy in next-generation communications.

Alongside its technological progress, Sateliot supports its model with strong market traction. The company has signed recurring contracts worth €250 million with more than 450 customers across over 50 countries. As stated in its business plan, it expects to reach €1 billion in revenue by 2030.

According to Jaume Sanpera, Sateliot’s CEO and co-founder, “we are facing a technological, commercial, and strategic milestone, comparable to Starlink’s first connection with a mobile phone, and one that proves Europe can also lead the democratization of connectivity from Space.”

Meanwhile, Oyvind Birkenes, Executive Vice President of the Long Range BU at Nordic Semiconductor, stated:

“The lack of global and harmonized coverage has held back the IoT and M2M markets for years. With this breakthrough, it will be possible to create low-power devices with satellite connectivity and accelerate deployments across many key use cases.”

Finally, Jesper Noer, VP Commercial at Gatehouse Satcom, said that “it is honored to play a part in this groundbreaking milestone. Sateliot is in many ways a first-mover in the field of satellite-based IoT and the cooperation between everyone involved shows that standardized technology brought together can move mountains.”

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CommsCloud’s new SIMs make borderless African IoT logistics a reality

Written by admin on October 6, 2025. Posted in Global Industry News.

Continent’s first autonomous multi-IMSI, multi-core network SIMs keep business rolling irrespective of mobile network or geography.

CommsCloud, Africa’s IoT connectivity expert, has launched Cloud Connect SIMs to address patchy coverage and costly roaming for pan-African companies.

The SIMs are believed to be the first multi-International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) connectivity solution engineered with multiple Core Networks on a single SIM, specifically to overcome the complexities of African logistics.

Says Peter Walsh, CEO of CommsCloud: “For African fleets and logistics companies, downtime isn’t just an inconvenience – it’s lost revenue and a real safety risk. The costs of interrupted connectivity go beyond dollars – they include reputational damage, insurance disputes, and sometimes even loss of life and public safety issues. Without resilient connectivity Africa won’t fully benefit from IoT and smart logistics.”

IMSIs are unique, globally recognised numbers that are stored on a SIM card to identify a specific mobile subscriber. Many providers rely on a single IMSI profile with a single core network, or roaming agreements for cross-border connectivity.

To keep the systems in their trucks connected across borders, fleet and logistics firms have turned to many different solutions. These include using multiple SIMs in the same device, carrying high roaming costs, building expensive satellite functionality into the device or accepting that there are going to be “black holes” or even countries where coverage is problematic.

None of these solutions typically maintain seamless communications or provide high uptime for IoT telemetry (like vehicle trackers), operational planning and execution requirements and/or provide reliable dashcam coverage as vehicles cross regions.

Says Walsh: “A vehicle might go into Zimbabwe using a dual SIM with access to one national network and one global network, but if either of those core networks goes down in the region it provides coverage for, the vehicle is offline.”

This is why CommsCloud is launching Cloud Connect SIMs – in partnership with floLIVE, the world’s largest hyperlocal, global data network of its kind. floLIVE provides cloud-based and centrally managed local connectivity for any device and any use case. The combination of SIMs and purpose-built IoT network keeps telemetry devices, dashcams, push-to-talk radios, and cargo monitoring solutions online as vehicles cross borders, at 70% lower cost than roaming.

Cloud Connect SIMs features multiple IMSI profiles, each with its own core networks and commercial agreements across the region – so if one network goes down, the SIMs automatically failover to another.

The SIMs also feature global coverage and break out to local networks as needed. This keeps connections lightning-fast, more reliable, and ensures data stays within the country’s borders, in line with data compliance requirements.

“Many IoT deployments fail due to firmware misconfiguration or incompatible SIM settings. We focus on co engineering with OEMs, providing settings libraries and checklists, which significantly improves uptime and reduces support related issues.”

“There are areas across Africa where coverage is sparse and connectivity is 2G only (or non-existent dependent on the roaming partner). Understanding these corridors allows us to build solutions that do not experience downtime or coverage issues,” adds Walsh.

Cloud Connect offers transparent pricing, with a pay-as-you-consume model for telemetry and tiered bundles for high data volume plans and no roaming lock-ins, he says. The solution is low maintenance, has low support requirements, and is able to scale rapidly.

Walsh reports that one major tracking firm in South Africa with 2,000 SIMs has been trialling Cloud Connect for four months, across telemetry and dashcam solutions in Southern Africa with no downtime and no support tickets.

Walsh concludes:

“For over a decade, we’ve been told IoT will transform Africa, yet the hype hasn’t matched reality. Without resilient uptime at its foundation, the entire IoT ecosystem fails.”

“IoT in Africa succeeds when we build infrastructure that can survive Africa’s scale and complexity, and Cloud Connect has been designed to be a key component of that.”

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