Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company, based in the United Arab Emirates, on August 19 announced that several of its technology partners are working together on a number of specialised communication applications based on their ThurayaModule. They state in the press release that they are targeting SCADA and M2M application specifically.

From the press release:

“Imtiaz Hossain, Product Manager Third-Party Developers and Accessories, said ThurayaModule has a huge potential in terms of diversifying the Company's current portfolio by providing such innovative and highly demanded services as tracking, SCADA, surveillance and other remote communication applications.”