Space Business Podcast #84 Jaume Sanpera, Sateliot: IOT connectivity from space

Our guest this week is Jaume Sanpera, CEO & founder of Sateliot, a Barcelona-based startup providing IOT connectivity from space. IOT is an interesting market which various startups (and established companies) are tackling and we discuss current and future use cases, what technology Sateliot uses, how it is executing its go-to-market, and many other things. You will not want to miss this one. Enjoy! Sateliot's job board: https://sateliot.space/en/careers/ The English version of Raphael's introductory book to the space economy will be out very soon. There continue to be the Portuguese ("Para cima") and German ("Hoch Hinaus") editions. Learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy Do you want to specifically learn about investing in Space? Join the pre-release of Raphael's new live-taught course on Maven:  https://maven.com/space-business-institute/investing-course The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Follow the podcast on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:23 Elevator Pitch 3:47 The comparison with satellite-to-mobile  6:29 Details on system architecture 9:29 Space Debris 10:09 Ground based infrastructure 14:42 Data and use cases 22:32 Spectrum rights 26:33 First coverage areas 28:12 Customer acquisition 34:42 Pricing and what matters to customers 37:27 Ocean-based use cases 41:55 10-year vision 43:20 Challenges for the sector 46:22 Origin story 48:53 Advice on space business 50:17 Sateliot is hiring 51:40 What else is interesting in space 52:45 Sci-Fi