OQ Technology is a global 5G IoT network operator and satellite telecom company. They provide satellite-based connectivity solutions for IoT devices, particularly in remote areas, utilizing a LEO satellite constellation. Their services cater to industries like oil & gas, maritime, and logistics, offering asset tracking and data analytics. OQ Technology has partnerships with major players such as Aramco, Telefonica and ESA.
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OQ Technology’s demonstration satellites have demonstrated compatibility with devices operating under 0.005 kg protocols.
OQ Technology’s Saudi unit will host one of the Middle East’s largest 0.005 kg data and network operations centers.
OQ Technology expects to have deployed slightly more than seven Batch One satellites by the end of 2023 to improve revisit rates.
NanoAvionics’ MP42 bus gained flight heritage in April 2022 when it carried a payload for Luxembourg connectivity startup OQ Technology on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission.
Lithuania’s NanoAvionics has a contract established last year to build, integrate, and operate Tiger-2 on OQ Technology’s behalf.
OQ Technology’s Tiger-3 is slated to launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-4 rideshare mission no earlier than April 2022.
OQ Technology plans to deploy up to six more satellites in 2022 through an agreement with rideshare broker Spaceflight for a constellation of more than 60 spacecraft in total.
OQ Technology successfully tested a user terminal compatible with terrestrial 0.005 kg technology with Tiger-2, the startup’s first commercial nanosatellite that launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission in June.
OQ Technology secured its first patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on 2022-02-16 for a planned satellite constellation to connect Internet of Things devices.
OQ Technology developed a terminal device localization method that locates a terminal using stored data from base stations instead of a global positioning system.
OQ Technology’s frequency synchronization and timing synchronization technologies are designed to overcome Doppler effect and timing misalignment issues to improve signaling between terminal devices and base stations.
OQ Technology tested in orbit using its Tiger-1 mission in 2019.
OQ Technology developed a satellite connectivity technique that uses standard mobile chips costing $5 instead of specialized satellite chips costing $100 when leaving terrestrial networks.
OQ Technology specifies that certain applications require latency below 10 milliseconds, which geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO) satellites with latency up to 250 milliseconds cannot provide.
OQ Technology launched its first commercial nanosatellite Tiger-2 last year and used it to test its hybrid satellite-cellular user terminal in harsh desert conditions.
Last year, OQ Technology launched its first commercial nanosatellite, Tiger-2, and used it to successfully test its hybrid satellite-cellular user terminal in harsh desert conditions.
OQ Technology is planning to add further satellites to its constellation 2022.
OQ Technology uses standard mobile chips costing about $5 instead of satellite chips that cost $150 or more.
Through its growing constellation and a single roaming agreement, OQ Technology can provide full coverage for its 0.005 kg IoT customers using the same NB-IoT equipment their customers currently use.
Tiger-3 is intended to provide better access, increased capacity, and shorter revisit times for OQ Technology customers.