Soracom, an advanced IoT connectivity provider, has announced a strategic partnership with Skylo Technologies, a non-terrestrial network (NTN) service operator. The collaboration is designed to guarantee those building IoT solutions and machine-to-machine (M2M) devices access to Skylo’s NTN direct-to-device connectivity based on the 3GPP communications standard, along with the capability of Soracom’s fully virtualised cellular platform. This combination of NTN-based NB-IoT connectivity and cloud-based IoT network management represents the next generation of IoT connectivity.