With the continuous developments in space and satellite communications technology, new generations of satellite technologies/fleets, such as LEO and MEO, are newly introduced to the satellite market. On the other hand, a significant technological breakthrough occurred when introducing the electronically steered satellite antenna (ESA) to technology leaders in the SATCOM market. That allowed manufacturers to produce an integrated fixed/mobile, cost-effective, small satcom terminals.
Historically, the IoT service offered was limited to the terrestrial telecom service coverage, such as GSM (3G/4G/5g) and microwave. In most cases, with its small data rate requirements, the IoT service model was not attractive to terrestrial telecom operators (MNO) due to the high cost of terrestrial network infrastructure expansion (Fiber/Towers). Using the satellite solutions with the old technologies was not the right solution to simultaneously support hundreds of thousands or even millions of IoT nodes. The outdated technology also was associated with the high cost of SATCOM terminals required to build the solution. As a result, most of the IoT (fixed/mobile) addressable market demand was left unserved and waiting for the right telecom technology to come.
With the latest technological development in the satellite communication industry, IoT SATCOM became the perfect solution, technically and commercially, to support the vast IoT market verticals such as:
Oil & Gas
Mining
Forestry
Fishery
Agriculture
Point-of-sale
Maritime
One of the prime objectives of AeroTech is to enable MNO(s)/Telecom providers across the globe to provide an integrated and end-to-end IoT SATCOM solution for their clients. To achieve this goal, MNO(s)/Telecom providers must build an IoT infrastructure, satellite capabilities, and customized satcom terminal that fits the addressable market described above. The “know-how” required to build the capabilities is a mixture of different market knowledgebases (IoT, SATCOM, terminal integration, and manufacturing) that we possess in AeroTech.
Satellite IoT Terminals Development Programs
AeroTech offers fully integrated SATCOM terminals that suit different applications for the IoT market. The service supports ground telecom operators (MNOs) and mobile SATCOM service providers to meet the IoT market demand with white-labeled SATCOM IoT connectivity solutions. Service offering covers a complete development cycle which includes, qualification, certification, integration, production, and support.
AeroTech built solid manufacturing and technology partnerships supporting various satellite baseband and satellite antenna manufacturing technologies. Below are some of the exiting products that AeroTech currently offer to its clients:
- 30X30 (cm) and 60X60 (cm) integrated flat panel antenna for Oil&Gas, POS, and Agriculture applications
- Electronically steered phased array antenna (Ku/Ka) for Fishery, Asset tracking, and logistics applications
SATCOM IoT baseband infrastructure service approach
SATCOM IoT baseband technology selected by AeroTech is unique and tailored to support small IoT datarate, scalable to accommodate 100,000s of remotes, and maintain the highest satellite efficiency.
AeroTech had developed a partnership model with MNOs whereby Telecom operators get a complete IoT baseband infrastructure without upfront investment and share revenue with technology/system partners.