The big picture: Big Telecom took a considerable leap forward today by placing the first "space-based" call using an ordinary cellphone. The breakthrough could provide better coverage in dead zones ...
Forward-looking: Starlink, the satellite internet service from SpaceX, is looking to add cellular to its growing list of consumer-facing services. The company has published a landing page for its ...
Skylo's Satellite-to-Phone Plan: Texting Now, Calls and 'Constrained' Data Later As Skylo CEO Parthsarthi Trivedi explains at MWC, the satellite-messaging service has started small with emergency ...
Back in January, Qualcomm announced Snapdragon Satellite, a project that aimed to let Android users send texts via satellite when they don't have cell service. It would have been the company's answer ...
Oct 1 (Reuters) - T-Mobile (TMUS.O), opens new tab said on Wednesday its satellite-to-cell network now supports widely used apps, including WhatsApp, Google Maps and X, broadening the service that ...
Two years ago, T-Mobile inked a deal with SpaceX to enable network connectivity via the Starlink constellation of satellites. Late in 2024, the carrier opened registrations for beta testing its direct ...
The prospect of contacting a satellite to send a text or contact emergency services may soon be an effortless reality as startups move from proof of concept to actual product. Canadians on the Rogers ...