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Farmbot launches next generation satellite monitor
Pivotel acquires a 5 percent stake in Ceres Tag
Pivotel launches new remote network set to revolutionise agriculture sector
Enhanced Regional Connectivity with New Satellite Ground Station in Dubbo
Pivotel takes home win for innovative worker safety and asset monitoring system
Pivotel blocks Puppy Scammers using Pivotel numbers
New alliance set to offer Australian farmers enhanced visibility, efficiency, and sustainability of their water supplies
Aussie explorer creates polar history with successful Antarctica mission
Advanced satellite technology enables first live feed from Pole of Inaccessibility
Innovative water monitoring technology takes out win at ACCOMs
QLD based telco awarded best technology innovation and declared one of Australia’s Most Innovative Companies
Double US acquisition pivots Aussie telco Pivotel into North America, Latin America and Europe
Pivotel Group appoints Gold Coast telco expert to drive APAC expansion
Iridium Certus goes live: $3 billion NEXT satellite constellation launch complete
Farmbot launches next generation satellite monitor
Sydney Australia, July 20th 2021
Farmbot Duplex Satellite Monitor to unlock endless connectivity options for primary producers...........more
Pivotel acquires a 5 percent stake in Ceres Tag
Rockhampton Australia, May 20th 2021
Ceres Tag announces it has sold a 5 percent stake to Australian-owned satellite, mobile technology and remote connectivity company Pivotel, in a deal believed to be worth about $2.5 million...........more
Pivotel launches new remote network set to revolutionise agriculture sector
Gold Coast Australia, March 23rd 2021
Leading remote communication solutions provider Pivotel has today launched two new 4G community networks in the Wickepin and Mount Barker regions of Western Australia, providing vital connectivity to farming families not serviced by reliable mobile coverage...........more
Enhanced Regional Connectivity with New Satellite Ground Station in Dubbo
Dubbo Australia, December 14th 2020
Pivotel and SES today announced they have signed an agreement to build a new satellite ground station at the Pivotel teleport in Dubbo, New South Wales. The ground station will support O3b mPOWER, SES’s next-generation non-geostationary (NGSO) constellation and enable the delivery of enhanced telecommunication services..........more
Pivotel takes home win for innovative worker safety and asset monitoring system
Gold Coast Australia, November 30th 2020
Gold Coast based telecommunications provider, Pivotel, has been awarded the Mayor’s Innovation GC Award at the 2020 Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards for its world leading enterprise worker safety and asset monitoring solution, Tracertrak...........more
Pivotel blocks Puppy Scammers using Pivotel numbers
Gold Coast Australia, August 27th 2020
Pivotel has become aware that scammers may be using Pivotel mobile numbers for voice and SMS messaging associated with online pet scams..........more
New alliance set to offer Australian farmers enhanced visibility, efficiency, and sustainability of their water supplies
Gold Coast Australia, July 24th 2020
Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has entered into an agreement with Farmbot Monitoring Solutions (Farmbot), a leading provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to the agricultural industry and Pivotel, Australia’s leading provider of mobile satellite services..........more
Aussie explorer creates polar history with successful Antarctica mission
Antartica, January 9th 2020
After seven years in the planning, Australian explorer Dr Geoff Wilson has kite-skied into history by completing the longest solo and unsupported journey in a polar region, covering 5,306km (3,297 miles) in Antarctica..........more
Advanced satellite technology enables first live feed from Pole of Inaccessibility
Antartica, December 11th 2019
Queensland adventurer Dr Geoff Wilson has become the first Australian to reach The Pole of Inaccessibility on the Antarctic Plateau. It is his first record-breaking milestone on “The Longest Journey” mission in Antarctica............more
Innovative water monitoring technology takes out win at ACCOMs
Gold Coast Australia, August 16th 2019
Leading mobile satellite solutions provider Pivotel and Agtech start-up Farmbot have been awarded Satellite Provider of the Year at this year’s ACCOM Awards for their innovative remote water monitoring solution, Farmbot..........more
QLD based telco awarded best technology innovation and declared one of Australia’s Most Innovative Companies
Sydney Australia, August 9th 2019
Mobile satellite communications company, Pivotel, has been awarded the best technology innovation and listed among the Australian Financial Review’s Most Innovative Companies for its custom-built mobile network named ecoSphere®..........more
Double US acquisition pivots Aussie telco Pivotel into North America, Latin America and Europe
by Sydney Australia, August 1st 2019
Australia’s fourth largest mobile carrier Pivotel has this week acquired two US-based mobile satellite solution businesses, MVS USA Inc. and Explorer Satellite Communications Inc., through its US based subsidiary Pivotel America Inc., significantly increasing its scale in North America and opening new markets in Latin America and Europe..........more
Pivotel Group appoints Gold Coast telco expert to drive APAC expansion
by Gold Coast Australia, March 8th 2019
The Gold Coast Innovation Hub’s executive in residence and former Director of Strategy and Innovation at Optus, Samantha Kennedy, is now spearheading Pivotel Group’s operations in the newly created role of Head of Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific business..........more
Iridium Certus goes live: $3 billion NEXT satellite constellation launch complete
by Gold Coast Australia, January 21st 2019
Leading telecommunications provider Pivotel has today congratulated Iridium Communications Inc. on the commercial launch of its Iridium Certus broadband service, enabled by the company’s new $3 billion Iridium® NEXT satellite constellation..........more
