In March 2025, Transforma Insights published its ‘Satellite IoT connectivity market landscape, 2025’ report profiling over 50 satellite operators involved – or in some cases no longer involved – in supporting satellite connectivity for IoT. This report is a companion piece which provides Transforma Insights’ view on the associated market dynamics. One of the key considerations in the field of satellite connectivity is that it is by no means homogenous. There is a wide variety of technologies being used on different types of constellations, aimed at addressing radically different use case requirements. As a result, to understand the market, it’s necessary to perform a market segmentation which takes into account each of these characteristics of the satellite provider offerings and the demands of different use cases. In this report we consider the characteristics of the various IoT applications which will influence the choice of technology/vendor based on the characteristics of the associated propositions. We also include some other considerations relevant to the decision-making process.
In March 2025, Transforma Insights published its ‘Satellite IoT connectivity market landscape, 2025’ report profiling over 50 satellite operators involved – or in some cases no longer involved – in supporting satellite connectivity for IoT. This report is a companion piece which provides Transforma Insights’ view on the associated market dynamics.
One of the key considerations in the field of satellite connectivity is that it is by no means homogenous. There is a wide variety of technologies being used on different types of constellations, aimed at addressing radically different use case requirements. As a result, to understand the market, it’s necessary to perform a market segmentation which takes into account each of these characteristics of the satellite provider offerings and the demands of different use cases.
In this report we consider the characteristics of the various IoT applications which will influence the choice of technology/vendor based on the characteristics of the associated propositions. We also include some other considerations relevant to the decision-making process.
