See the developments most likely to affect how connected products are planned, deployed, and supported, from 5G execution and SGP.32 to hybrid satellite connectivity and lifecycle security.
MWC 2026 pointed to a more mature cellular IoT market. The conversation is moving beyond what is technically possible and towards what it takes to deploy and run connected services at scale. If you are planning new rollouts, expanding across markets, or rethinking long-term viability, these are the shifts worth paying attention to.
Get a focused summary of the shifts likely to matter most for connected product and service decisions.
The focus is shifting towards standalone deployment, APIs, slicing, interoperability, and enterprise integration, not broad future-facing promises.
Newer eSIM approaches can reduce technical lock-in, but they also make orchestration, lifecycle management, commercial handling, and compliance more important.
Related: Read more about SGP.32 and Telenor IoT’s SGP32 launch.
The opportunity is not in replacing terrestrial cellular, but in using satellite more selectively as part of hybrid connectivity models.
Security is no longer a technical layer added later. It is becoming central to how connected services are evaluated, trusted, and maintained over time.
The hard part is no longer getting devices connected. It is making choices that still work across different markets, partner models, regulatory conditions, and product lifecycles.
These takeaways highlight where complexity is increasing, where flexibility is improving, and where expectations are changing.
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