Today, AT&T announced that it entered into a deal with AST SpaceMobile to launch a satellite-to-smartphone service soon. AT&T has been working closely with the satellite network company since 2018.
AST SpaceMobile has ramped up demonstrations of voice calls, texts, and video calls via satellite over the last year, using 4G LTE and 5G connections with download bandwidth reaching 14Mbps.
That “next SpaceX,” of course, would be competing with the actual SpaceX, which is owned by billionaire Elon Musk and has a ...
Hopper said future developments in direct-to-cell technology would reshape the Pentagon’s next contract with Iridium. The ...
Representatives for a Maine company that plans to send small satellites into space from the Northeast’s most rural state say ...
An image taken from the first Aries satellit built by Apex and launched in March. Credit: Apex WASHINGTON — Satellite ...
AST SpaceMobile is a leader in developing satellites able to communicate directly with stock cellular phones - promising to ...
Previously limited to emergency SOS use, Apple's feature now enables anyone lacking a wireless signal to stay connected. But ...
Reliance Jio will soon launch satellite internet services in India. The high-speed internet will give access to remote and ...
One of those surprises is that Apple is expanding its satellite services beyond emergencies and roadside assistance. With iOS ...
The FCC has gotten things rolling on a framework (PDF) for companies interested in building these types of services, with the idea of what Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel called a single network ...