IoT Services Need Expanded Satellite Access to Spectrum: SES/O3b

Many IoT services require continuous connectivity, which can't be handled with terrestrial-only technologies, and the FCC needs to expand satellite access to bands allocated to fixed and mobile satellite services and preserve the flexibility of satellites to use their spectrum allocations for direct and indirect IoT services rather than establish specific frequency allocations for IoT, SES/O3b told the FCC in docket 21-353 Tuesday.