Viasat Tests Made-in-India Satellite IoT Chipset for Maritime Safety and Disaster Response
Viasat and WiSig Networks have announced a collaboration to test a Made-in-India 3GPP Release 17 NB-IoT Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) chipset and module for satellite IoT applications. Developed by WiSig Networks using technology originating from IIT Hyderabad, the solution is currently undergoing testing at Viasat’s UK laboratories and is aimed at use cases including maritime safety, fisherman tracking, disaster response and government connectivity.