Deutsche Telekom Satellite Day 2026: NESC voice message sent live from Toyota vehicle via Iridium LEO network

Deutsche Telekom is expanding its multi-orbit IoT roaming solution with Iridium as an additional LEO satellite partner. A practical example was demonstrated at Deutsche Telekom Satellite Day 2026. A Toyota vehicle sent a NESC-encoded voice message via Iridium’s satellite network to a simulated call center.

Why xHE-AAC is being embraced at Meta

In August 2021 we announced that we licensed our xHE-AAC audio codec software to Facebook. Today, xHE-AAC is providing a superior audio experience to users of Facebook and Instagram, for example in their Reels and Stories. This motivated Meta to share their experience with the benefits of xHE-AAC in a dedicated post on the Meta engineering blog.