India, Sept. 24 -- Mavenir, a cloud-native network infrastructure provider, has announced that it has been selected by Iridium Communications, a provider of global voice and data satellite communications, to deploy the core network for Iridium'sNon-Terrestrial Network (NTN). This deployment will support the development of 3GPP-based Direct-to-Device (D2D) services.

The deployment aligns with Iridium's broader strategy to enable 3GPP standards-based NTN capabilities using its existing satellite infrastructure, while also preparing for future D2D use cases.

According to Ashok Khuntia, President of Core Networks at Mavenir,"This collaboration with Iridium is a strategic milestone in our goal to enable connectivity across both terrestrial a...