• Iridium entered live, on-air testing with chipset maker Mlink for its 3GPP standards-based Iridium NTN Direct satellite IoT service.
• Mlink’s MS150-IR IoT-NTN chipset moved from lab validation to over-the-air testing on Iridium’s LEO network.
• Certification is expected later in 2026, with product availability targeted before year-end.
• The tie-up expands Iridium’s chipset ecosystem, aiming to support global NB-IoT and device-to-device connectivity beyond terrestrial coverage.

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