Telefónica Germany taps Skylo for satellite IoT

O2 Germany plans to launch a hybrid satellite and terrestrial Internet of Things service in Q1 2024.
It has brought in US-based Skylo to help with the heavy lifting. Rather than operate its own satellite network, Skylo partners with them instead. Acting as a middleman, it offers what is essentially a hotspot that connects to devices over narrowband IoT (NB-IoT), and then provides a link from those devices to orbiting satellites.
Telefónica’s hybrid service will be enabled by an inte