Iridium Communications has announced a new partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop a global satellite network for the Internet of Things (IoT), with a focus on places where there is no coverage. Iridium will work with the AWS Partner Network (APN) to create Iridium CloudConnect, a satellite cloud-based network that will make Iridium IoT services available with AWS IoT.
This will bring the reach of AWS services to over 80 percent of the places on Earth without mobile coverage, the satellite company said. Iridium customers will be able to take advantage of AWS IoT, while existing AWS customers will be able to expand their geographic IoT footprint to anywhere on the globe.
CloudConnect is expected to launch next year.
