McLean, Va., Aug. 18, 2020: Iridium Communications Inc. recently announced its six beta partners for its newest out-of-the-box satellite Internet of Things (IoT) device, the Iridium Edge Solar. The latter is an intelligent, secure and maintenance-free solar-powered remote asset management device with over-the-air configuration capabilities.
Iridium said in a press release that the six companies selected to participate in beta testing included CLS Telemetry, Everywhere Communications, Marlink, M2M Connectivity, Rock Seven, and Tesacom. These companies represented some of the most innovative of the over 450 partners that are licensed to create Iridium network-based solutions.
As part of this process, Iridium Edge Solar was on the way in becoming a multi-continent deployment that would push the device’s limits for applications including Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS), fisheries management, asset tracking including freight and containers, oil and gas and heavy equipment telematics data reporting. In addition, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)-enabled smart device applications were being tested to allow users to maintain remote asset management and monitoring from their smartphone and/or tablet.
Unlike competitive satellite GPS tracking products, Iridium Edge Solar enables real-time, two-way communication, over-the-air configuration changes and local wireless capabilities over BLE – anywhere in the world.
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