As intelligent devices pop up across the globe and new machine-to-machine applications emerge, there is a need for more capacity within the wireless network infrastructure to support this expansion of new services.
This is where satellite provider Inmarsat and SkyWave Mobile Communications, a maker of M2M equipment, come in. The duo this week announced the launch of IsatData Pro, a low-data-rate service for managing and communicating with remote assets around the world.
IsatData Pro is said to offer significantly more payload capacity compared to other satellite-based M2M services in the market. As a packet data, store and forward service, IsatData Pro will deliver messages of 6,400 bytes in the send direction and 10,000 bytes in the receive direction. It also gives users the ability to broadcast messages to multiple terminals or groups of terminals. In comparison, global M2M satellite services typically offer data connectivity between 270 and 340 bytes, the companies said.
While other types of wireless M2M delivery methods, such as terrestrial communication via cell towers, can also provide large payload capacity, Inmarsat and SkyWave officials noted that there are limitations to these networks.