France-based virtual operator Transatel, busily offering somehow-unfashionable local MVNO and MVNE services in Europe for two decades already, has a second (actually, third and fourth) life, suddenly, in the global IoT game – which has become even racier in recent years with its acquisition by NTT Group, and its strategic positioning as a roaming extension for telematics and logistics apps sprung from the Japanese group’s modish private 5G play.