Many enterprises are looking to the Internet of Things to monitor and control assets they can’t physically reach. Building networks that can cover all those assets is one of the big challenges of industrial IoT.

Cellular networks cover people well, at least in developed countries, but total land area not as well. LPWANs (low-power wide-area networks) are emerging as an alternative for reaching endpoints over longer distances, thanks to their lower speed and power levels and designs optimized for IoT. But for truly global connectivity, satellite is really the only game in town. (And, more importantly, far out of town.)

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