Nordic Semiconductor showcases nRF9151’s Non-Terrestrial Network capabilities at Mobile World Congress 2025

Nordic Semiconductor, a global leader in low-power wireless connectivity solutions, today announces it will demonstrate the 3GPP compliant, low earth orbit (LEO), Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connectivity capabilities of its nRF9151 low power System-in-Package (SiP) at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 event. Nordic will also exhibit and demonstrate a range of solutions from its Bluetooth LE, low power Wi-Fi, and Power Management product families. MWC takes place from March 3-6 at Fira Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain. As a key exhibitor, Nordic will be located at Booth #7G21 in Hall 7.  

The nRF9151 SiP is the lowest power cellular IoT solution with industry-leading battery lifetime performance. The SiP features an integrated LTE-M/NB-IoT and DECT NR+ modem, together with GNSS.  

NTN provides connectivity across the globe 

Through collaboration with Keysight Technologies, a market-leading design, emulation, test, and measurement solutions company, Nordic will showcase a 3GPP LEO NTN connectivity emulation at its booth at MWC. 3GPP-compliant LEO NTN using the nRF9151 promises to revolutionize the IoT by allowing small and cost-sensitive IoT devices like Nordic’s Thingy:91 X multi-sensor cellular IoT prototyping platform to achieve standardized connectivity anywhere across the globe. 

“Satellite connectivity brings resilience and connectivity to remote and critical IoT applications anywhere on the planet,” says Oyvind Birkenes, Nordic Semiconductor’s EVP of BU Long Range. “This collaboration with Keysight is important, enabling the integration of a standardized solution into Nordic’s broad portfolio of connectivity options.” 

“This collaboration between Nordic and Keysight transforms 3GPP-compliant LEO NTN connectivity from vision to reality. Nordic’s ultra-low power nRF9151 SiP, combined with Keysight’s Network Emulation Solutions, ensures that major satellite operators, and IoT device manufacturers can realize their vision for a fully connected world,” says Lucas Hansen, Vice President of Keysight’s Wireless Devices and Operators at Keysight. 

In addition to the NTN demonstration, Nordic will also showcase other leading capabilities of the nRF9151 including how the SiP supports SGP.32 Remote SIM Provisioning (RSP) for IoT. The GSMA's SGP.32 standard simplifies RSP for resource- and network-constrained low-power IoT devices. A further demo, using Nordic's Power Profiler Kit II connected to an nRF9151 DK (development kit) and its interactive Power Profiler application, will exhibit the world-leading low power capabilities of the nRF9151. This demo shows in real-time the SiP’s world-leading low power consumption and how it performs using both standardized and unique power-saving techniques. 

Nordic demonstrates DECT NR+ for private 5G networking   

Nordic will also demonstrate connected device capabilities using an interactive dashboard showcasing Thingy:91 X, featuring best-in-class Power Management and Wi-Fi locationing. Among these exhibits will be a demo showing connectivity over NR+. 

NR+ is a 5G standard that can operate in the 1.9 GHz global, license-free spectrum, and incurs no data charges. It supports high-density private mesh networks without the need for SIMs. Nordic’s NR+ solution offers one-millisecond latency between devices and throughput of three megabits per second. This performance is applicable to densities of up to one million devices per square kilometer - making NR+ well-suited to massive IoT applications.  

The demonstrations at Nordic’s booth will show how its low-power cellular IoT solutions are making standards-based cellular connectivity an option for an increasing number of applications and industries, such as asset tracking, smart metering, and industrial automation. 

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