Astrocast, a satellite IoT (Internet of Things) operator, announced the extension of its partnership with Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus), a provider in the aerospace industry. This partnership enhances the capabilities of satellite Internet of Things (SatIoT) technology. It enables Astrocast to further increase its network capacity to provide the reliable and cost-effective SatIoT solutions to its customers.
In recent years, the collaboration between Airbus and Astrocast has been instrumental to Astrocast. Since 2017 this relationship has enabled Astrocast to develop its communication protocol and modem software stack. This forms a core part of Astocast’s wider SatIoT technology. In building upon this collaboration, both companies have agreed to extend their partnership. Airbus will continue to provide support to Astrocast, focusing on further enhancing both the bandwidth and the quality of service.
The Astrocast’s SatIoT connectivity includes the EU’s CiRROCCO initiative, the EU’s XGain initiative, Avirtech, Digitanimal and ArrowSpot. Through this partnership with Airbus, Astrocast expects to continue capitalising on their shared technological successes and further enhance SatIoT bandwidth and quality of service for all customers. This will allow them to benefit from a continuous improvement of data transmission capacity, efficiency, latency and security. Customers will, in turn, be able to further optimise their operational efficiency according to their needs.
“Through this partnership extension, Airbus reaffirms its commitment to Astrocast’s technology roadmap and its leadership in the SatIoT space. This collaboration also lays the important foundation for potential convergences with the future 5G NTN (non terestrial network) IoT communications standards that are currently in discussion for LEO (low Earth orbit) constellations. In time, these enhanced capabilities for collecting and exchanging critical data with IoT assets from multiple applications will benefit users across various key industries worldwide. Astrocast is not only poised to address these challenges, its roadmap is designed to take them head on for the industry. Therefore, we’re excited about working together and achieving more success,” says François Gaullier – SVP telecommunications and navigation systems – Space Systems at Airbus Defence and Space.
“We are thrilled to deepen our partnership with Airbus and leverage its unique expertise in advanced satellite IoT technology,” says Fabien Jordan, CEO of Astrocast.” This collaboration reinforces our commitment to continuing to provide our customers with the most reliable and efficient SatIoT connectivity solutions on the market. With Airbus’s support, we will further solidify Astrocast’s position as the go-to satellite IoT operator.”
This extended partnership between Airbus and Astrocast strengthens the technology collaboration between the two companies, and will bring benefits to their customers, and the SatIoT sector. It exemplifies Astrocast’s commitment to its customers — and continuous enhancement of its core technologies, that continue providing end-users the reliable and cost-effective SatIoT solutions on the market today.
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