Space42 and Viasat, Inc. have announced their intention to form Equatys to enable global Direct-to-Device (D2D) services and evolving existing and planned Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) to a 5G network environment. Equatys will potentially unite satellite and terrestrial networks. It will leverage a 3GPP Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) Release compliant platform accessible to standard smartphones and IoT devices, extending service to billions of people and devices worldwide.





