# Satellite Connectivity and the LPWA Landscape | Totum Labs’ Ted Meyers

- Show: [IoT For All Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast)
- Published: 2020-10-27
- Length: 30m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2020-10-27-satellite-connectivity-and-the-lpwa-landscape-totum-labs-ted-meyers
- Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iot-for-all/episodes/Satellite-Connectivity-and-the-LPWA-Landscape--Totum-Labs-Ted-Meyers-e28bmq1

## Summary

Ted Meyers, CEO and co-founder of Totum Labs, explains how the company is commercializing its Doppler Multi-channel Spread Spectrum (DMSS) technology to provide low-power, global connectivity via a low Earth orbit satellite network. Meyers details the limitations of terrestrial LPWAN solutions like RPMA and LoRa, highlighting the high cost of infrastructure, and contrasts this with Totum's approach of using small, integrated silicon to enable thumbnail-sized devices with multi-year battery life. He outlines the company's business model, which targets solution providers in asset tracking, livestock monitoring, and smart labels, noting that the first satellite launch is scheduled for June 2021.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2020-10-27-satellite-connectivity-and-the-lpwa-landscape-totum-labs-ted-meyers#t=1) Introduction and Totum Labs Overview
- [2:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2020-10-27-satellite-connectivity-and-the-lpwa-landscape-totum-labs-ted-meyers#t=162) The LPWAN Market and Global Connectivity Needs
- [7:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2020-10-27-satellite-connectivity-and-the-lpwa-landscape-totum-labs-ted-meyers#t=424) Limitations of Terrestrial LPWAN and the Satellite Solution
- [14:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2020-10-27-satellite-connectivity-and-the-lpwa-landscape-totum-labs-ted-meyers#t=846) DMSS Technology and Silicon Integration
- [15:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2020-10-27-satellite-connectivity-and-the-lpwa-landscape-totum-labs-ted-meyers#t=943) Business Model and Ideal Partners
- [18:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2020-10-27-satellite-connectivity-and-the-lpwa-landscape-totum-labs-ted-meyers#t=1103) Use Cases: Livestock and Hand Tools
- [21:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2020-10-27-satellite-connectivity-and-the-lpwa-landscape-totum-labs-ted-meyers#t=1264) Commercialization Timeline and Chip Details

## Topics

- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Totum Labs (company)
- OnRamp Wireless (company)
- Ingenue (company)
- RPMA (product)
- LoRa (product)
- Sigfox (product)
- Narrowband IoT (product)
- LTE Cat M (product)
- DMSS (product)
- DMSS 3990 (chip)
- Orca Systems (company)
- GlobalFoundries (company)

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