Fast Facts
A hybrid satellite cellular IoT network just broke the $1-a-month barrier. On July 1, 2026, Australia’s Myriota merged cellular connectivity into its HyperPulse satellite network, launching hybrid IoT plans from $0.99 per device per month. The move targets assets that split their working life between cellular coverage and dead zones — trailers, containers, generators — a category satellite-only pricing never justified. The real story is what this does to the economics of tracking anything, anywhere.
- $0.99/device/month — Myriota’s entry-level hybrid pricing
- 2.08M → ~14M — global NTN-standard IoT connections, 2024–2032 (ABI Research)
- 26.9% — CAGR behind that growth
- 7 countries — US, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia at launch
- 3GPP Release 17 — the NTN standard HyperPulse is built on
What Changed on July 1
Myriota added terrestrial cellular connectivity to its HyperPulse 5G non-terrestrial network and its AssetHawk tracker, routing each message automatically between satellite and cellular based on availability. One device, one contract, one bill — instead of stitching together separate satellite and cellular vendors.
“For decades, vast numbers of remote and distributed operational assets have remained disconnected — not because the technology didn’t exist, but because the economics never worked.” — Ben Cade, CEO, Myriota
The Fear That Kept Assets Offline
Operators didn’t avoid satellite IoT because it failed technically. They avoided it because paying premium satellite rates for a container that spends 90% of its journey inside cellular coverage never penciled out. IoT Business News described this as the “difficult category” — assets too mobile for cellular-only, too briefly remote for satellite-only. That indecision, not the technology gap, is what actually cost operators money: fleets went untracked rather than over-provisioned.
Why the Pricing Number Matters More Than the Tech
Sub-$1 hybrid pricing changes a procurement conversation from “can we justify satellite” to “why wouldn’t we connect this.” ABI Research projects NTN-standard IoT connections growing from 2.08 million in 2024 to nearly 14 million by 2032, a 26.9% CAGR. That curve assumes exactly this kind of price collapse — connectivity decisions made on unit economics, not fear of a surprise satellite bill.
⚠ Illustrative scenario (fictional): A logistics operator running trailers between Lagos and inland depots skips satellite tracking entirely — coverage gaps are too rare to justify a satellite-only contract, but frequent enough to lose a trailer for days at a time. A hybrid plan under $1 a month per device would have made the tracking decision automatic instead of a budget fight.
Global Implications: Where This Lands First — and Where It Doesn’t
HyperPulse’s initial coverage spans the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia — not yet West Africa. Myriota says additional markets are planned this year, but the sequencing itself is a signal: hybrid NTN economics get proven in dense-cellular, high-volume-asset markets first. Operators in Nigeria and similar markets should watch this rollout as a preview of pricing, not yet a purchasing option — and use the gap to map which assets would qualify once coverage arrives.
💡 CreedTec Analyst’s Note — Daniel Ikechukwu
Strategic Impact: Hybrid NTN pricing turns satellite IoT from a specialty budget line into a default connectivity decision for mixed-coverage assets.
Stop: Treating satellite and cellular tracking as separate procurement categories with separate vendors.
Start: Auditing which fleet or asset classes spend only partial time outside cellular coverage — that’s the exact segment hybrid pricing was built for.
Watch: Myriota’s next market expansions as a leading indicator of where hybrid NTN pricing becomes commercially available.
ROI Outlook: Positive for operators in launch markets; a watch-and-prepare signal for those outside current coverage.
Untracked assets don’t show up as a line item — they show up as unexplained losses. Subscribe to CreedTec’s newsletter for the connectivity economics vendors won’t spell out.
