The complete coverage of Skylo’s extensive test plan for devices functioning in Narrowband-IoT in Non-Terrestrial Networks (NB-NTN) has been accomplished by Rohde & Schwarz. Additionally, by enabling SMS services over NB-NTN, this milestone opens the door for limitless connectivity on wearables, smartphones, and Internet of Things devices.
Using the cutting-edge CMW500 wideband radio communication tester, Rohde & Schwarz and Skylo Technologies have confirmed and validated every test case specified in Skylo’s network operator acceptance criteria, including recently introduced test cases for SMS over NB-NTN. This opens the door for NB-NTN technology to be successfully adopted and represents an important milestone in device certification.
A global provider of NTN services, Skylo’s network leverages reserved satellite bandwidth across many partner constellations to enable direct connections between smartphones and Internet of Things cellular devices using existing satellites. Even in isolated locations without conventional network coverage, this technology makes communication easy. To make sure that devices fulfill the exacting performance and reliability requirements, Skylo’s certification procedure include extensive testing and assessment.
An important step toward enabling satellite connectivity on consumer devices has been taken with the successful validation of SMS over NB-NTN.
As a result, users of wearables and smartphones may rely on messaging services wherever they are, improving their communication and safety in places without access to terrestrial networks.
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