By integrating D2C technology at the module level, Quectel enables devices to extend beyond the limits of ground-based cellular networks by leveraging satellite networks.
This ensures customers can stay connected virtually anywhere in the world, eliminating the connectivity gaps often encountered in rural or remote areas.
Ultimately, this will help to simplify IoT deployments, reducing time-to-market and lowering costs by eliminating the need for specialised satellite hardware.
Device manufacturers and developers can now build scalable IoT solutions with global reach, ensuring reliable connectivity virtually anywhere.
“Direct-to-Cell represents a major step forward in connecting the unconnected,” says Quectel’s Delbert Sun.
Quectel’s D2C portfolio includes:
Quectel’s LTE modules with D2C technology will be ready to connect as operators activate their D2C networks worldwide.
These D2C-enabled LTE modules are designed to support a wide range of applications across industries, including residential and commercial fixed subscribers who require reliable broadband connectivity, maritime communication subscribers needing stable connections for vessels and offshore platforms, RV mobile subscribers seeking always-on internet access for recreational vehicles and mobile lifestyles, and aviation communication subscribers who depend on in-flight connectivity and aviation IoT applications.