Satellite comms provider Iridium Communications is inviting device makers, chipmakers, mobile operators, and IoT developers to have their say on the functionality of its developing NB-IoT satellite network. The US firm has convened a consultancy operation as part of its non-terrestrial network (NTN) service, called Project Stardust, with a view to prime it for rapid development of consumer and enterprise IoT projects.
Iridium is in the “early stages” of deploying NB-IoT, based on the 5G NR specifications for NTN (satellite) connectivity, on its existing low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite network.
