{"id":47006,"date":"2026-05-11T19:26:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/space42-enhances-d2d-prospects-with-skylo-partnership\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T19:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:26:32","slug":"space42-enhances-d2d-prospects-with-skylo-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/space42-enhances-d2d-prospects-with-skylo-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Space42 Enhances D2D Prospects with Skylo Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Space42 <\/strong>has made a significant move in the direct-to-device (D2D) arena, partnering with <strong>Skylo Technologies<\/strong> to deliver standards-based D2D connectivity through its Thuraya-4 geostationary (GEO) satellite.<\/p>\n<p>Space42 announced Monday that technology integration between Skylo\u2019s 3GPP-compliant non-terrestrial network (NTN) platform and&nbsp;Thuraya-4 is complete, confirming the service is ready for commercial deployment. The companies have demonstrated a bi-directional, real-time voice call completed over&nbsp;Thuraya-4 using an unmodified SIM and&nbsp;no changes to existing operator core infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial deployment will begin across Thuraya-4\u2019s coverage footprint, further expanding Skylo\u2019s NTN presence across more than 37 countries. The companies are currently working to secure the requisite regulatory approvals and operator agreements across target markets, with deployment expected to follow on a rolling basis as clearances are obtained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe integration work is complete, and the service is ready to go live. Space42\u2019s decision to select Skylo\u2019s standards-based architecture for Thuraya-4 validates what we have built: a carrier-grade connectivity layer where satellites function as a natural extension of mobile networks, not a parallel system,\u201d Parthsarathi Trivedi, co-founder and CEO of Skylo&nbsp;said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space42 has made a significant move in the direct-to-device (D2D) arena, partnering with Skylo Technologies to deliver standards-based D2D connectivity through its Thuraya-4 geostationary (GEO) satellite. Space42 announced Monday that technology integration between Skylo\u2019s 3GPP-compliant non-terrestrial network (NTN) platform and&nbsp;Thuraya-4 is complete, confirming the service is ready for commercial deployment. The companies have demonstrated a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}