Globalstar provides a range of satellite and terrestrial connectivity services, with its terrestrial spectrum and XCOM technology providing large opportunities. Globalstar is currently in the process ...

Apple's iPhones have been able to send emergency messages through satellites for years. Last year the service expanded to support regular iMessages but they may not hold their space-texting monopoly ...

SpaceX has launched the first satellites for its Starlink phone service that will allow smartphones to connect to the space internet network when out of range of terrestrial cell towers. The Direct to ...

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS): What’s the news: Coming on the heels of FCC approval, T-Mobile has opened registration for a beta program for T-Mobile Starlink, a ...

Some satellite phone operators got a big break from federal regulators yesterday and will now be able to transmit calls in urban areas where their signals had been too weak to penetrate the walls of ...

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has published its proposed framework which could allow satellite operators to use spectrum from terrestrial cellular businesses for their smartphone ...

More cell phones have the capabilities to send messages to satellites in the event of a hurricane or emergency event. Satellites are located a far distance from Earth, meaning cell phone users sending ...

Vodafone Group (NASDAQ:VOD) Vi (Vodafone Idea) and AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) announced a strategic partnership on Wednesday to expand mobile connectivity across India’s unconnected regions. This ...

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We take it for granted that we almost always have cell service, no matter where you go around town. But there are places — the desert, the forest, or the ocean — where you might not have cell service.