Globalstar has announced the three winners of its RM200M Satellite IoT Development Kit giveaway: Hydro-Québec, Impact42 LLC and Connectivia Labs.
Each winning organisation receives an RM200M development kit together with six months of complimentary Globalstar service, giving their engineering teams what they need to move from concept to working prototype for satellite-connected IoT applications.
The giveaway was open to IoT developers, engineers and technology innovators looking to extend their connected products beyond the limits of terrestrial networks. The three winners represent a cross-section of that community, from a major utility operator to specialist technology and connectivity developers.
Satellite and cellular in a single stack
The RM200M is a compact, multimode module that combines satellite and cellular connectivity in a single-stack architecture, with two-way communication built in. Rather than integrating and managing separate radios and software stacks for each network, developers work with one module and one architecture, which reduces design complexity and shortens development cycles.
Two-way connectivity means devices can not only report data but also receive commands, configuration changes and updates in the field. Combined with the module’s small footprint, this makes the RM200M suited to applications where devices are deployed in remote or hard-to-reach locations and must stay connected, such as:
- monitoring of remote energy and utility infrastructure
- asset tracking across regions with patchy or no cellular coverage
- environmental and industrial sensing in isolated sites
- critical data and alerting applications that cannot tolerate connectivity gaps
The development kit comes with six-months of Globalstar connectivity allowing each winner to test their applications in real-world conditions, on a live satellite network rather than just in simulation.
Globalstar thanks everyone who entered the giveaway and looks forward to sharing what the winning teams develop with the RM200M.
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