OQ Technology and KPN signed a roaming deal that adds OQ’s LEO satellites to KPN’s terrestrial and geostationary systems

In sum — what to know:

Strategic industry trend – This is KPN’s second satellite-IoT partnership in 2025, reflecting a broader operator push to work with satellite providers as IoT adoption scales.

IoT market growth – Global cellular IoT subscribers grew 14% in 2024 to 3.8 billion and are projected to reach 6.4 billion by 2029, though ARPU is expected to decline slightly.

OQ Technology, a satellite operator specializing in non-terrestrial networks (NTN), and Dutch telecommunications firm KPN have announced a roaming agreement to provide global 5G IoT connectivity across terrestrial and satellite networks.

Under the partnership, KPN customers will gain access to OQ

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