Iridium Communications Inc. has announced a successful collaboration with Nordic Semiconductor, a global leader in low power wireless connectivity solutions, as part of its ongoing development of the Iridium NTN Direct service. The partnership leverages Nordic’s nRF9151 LTE-M/NB-IoT/NTN module to enable two-way message transmission over Iridium’s low-Earth orbit satellite network, supporting standards-based NB-IoT protocols. This collaboration aims to accelerate the adoption of global, standards-based, space-enabled IoT solutions, with commercial availability of Iridium NTN Direct expected in 2026.

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