IoT Satellite Connectivity
Extend your reach by integrating satellite IoT with cellular connectivity to collect uninterrupted data from narrowband devices.
Overview
IoT satellite connectivity helps ensure a continuous data flow so you have a complete operational picture to better prevent blind spots, predict risks and avoid failures.
Benefits
Gain greater visibility
Satellite connectivity helps ensure data is flowing across your operational landscape and provides backup coverage for crucial operations.
Cover gaps with less downtime
Dramatically reduce coverage gaps with nearly seamless connectivity that extends our cellular networks into the most remote areas.
Use cases
From monitoring to tracking, discover how satellite IoT gives your business the power to innovate.
Monitor conditions in remote areas
Add to your monitoring capabilities by including devices and data from previously inaccessible locations.
Track cattle and manage crops
Agricultural IoT is driving a new era of efficiency. Wearables now track livestock, while smart sensors and vision systems predict crop conditions more accurately.
Gartner Verizon is a Leader for the 10th time in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Managed IoT Connectivity Services, Worldwide²
Verizon has been recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed IoT Connectivity Services, Worldwide. Recognition as a Leader is based on "Completeness of Vision" and "Ability to Execute" for managed IoT services.
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FAQs
Satellite IoT is a connectivity solution that uses non-terrestrial satellite networks to provide coverage for narrow-band devices in areas where and when cellular signals are unavailable. It ensures strategic resilience for enterprise teams—74% of whom believe satellite will be vital for future deployments2—by filling coverage gaps and ensuring "always-on" reliability. Satellite coverage can enhance terrestrial coverage and support scenarios with no coverage in remote areas, but also be a critical backup if terrestrial coverage goes down, ensuring a continuous data stream for operational AI models.
Satellite IoT is ideal for "go beyond" scenarios across various sectors. Key use cases include monitoring energy infrastructure (pipelines and rigs), tracking cattle or managing crops in agriculture, and maintaining visibility of assets on the move across remote regions where traditional connectivity is not available and satellite connectivity is required. Satellite is also universally applicable to any industry and use case where operations require a complete story about their operational status, without any gaps or downtime.
There is no need for multiple management platforms or multiple devices. Verizon IoT Satellite Connectivity offers a hybrid non-terrestrial network (NTN) connectivity that is integrated into the ThingSpace platform, allowing you to manage device settings and toggle connectivity options through a single, seamless interface for your entire fleet of IoT devices, including those on both terrestrial and satellite, or only on satellite.
Yes. Verizon offers satellite to support resilient connectivity for both business internet and IoT, depending on which devices need satellite support. In either case, a satellite connection provides a critical layer of assurance and resilience. It can be used as a backup option for crucial business operations that cannot afford significant downtime, ensuring your data continues to flow even if terrestrial networks are unavailable.
Our solution is built for standardized (3GPP) feature evolution. It is enabled by compatible and certified devices that allow the satellite connection to function as a seamless extension of our cellular network, ensuring your connectivity fabric remains consistent without the need for proprietary, non-standard hardware.
Standard cellular networks can leave "blind spots" in geographically isolated areas. Satellite IoT connectivity provides the necessary satellite internet access to maintain a constant data stream for IoT remote monitoring. This ensures that high-value assets—such as supply chain parts or equipment in remote mining sites—stay visible on your dashboard regardless of terrestrial signal strength.
While business satellite internet is typically designed for high-bandwidth activities like video conferencing or web browsing in remote offices, satellite IoT solutions are optimized for low-power, narrow-band data. This makes it the ideal satellite connection for sensors and devices that need to transmit small bursts of critical data over long periods without draining battery life.
Absolutely. For organizations that cannot afford a second of downtime in their IoT ecosystem, satellite connectivity for enterprise acts as a vital failover mechanism. If a terrestrial link is severed, your critical systems can switch to a satellite network connectivity layer, providing a resilient "always-on" backup that keeps your IoT satellite services running and your data secure.