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.
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 ...
AT&T put a ring on its work with AST SpaceMobile, announcing official plans to provide a satellite-based broadband network connection to AT&T smartphones. The “definitive commercial agreement ...
Verizon has committed $100 million toward satellite-based communication services from AST SpaceMobile, putting the carrier in partnership with rival AT&T in using the nascent satellite broadband ...
AST SpaceMobile is a leader in developing satellites able to communicate directly with stock cellular phones - promising to ...
That “next SpaceX,” of course, would be competing with the actual SpaceX, which is owned by billionaire Elon Musk and has a ...
TOKYO/SEOUL, May 27 (Reuters) - North Korea has notified Japan it plans to launch a rocket carrying a satellite between May 27 and June 4, the Japan Coast Guard said on Monday, drawing a swift ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has revealed plans to launch a satellite by early next week, Japan said Monday, an apparent effort to put the North's second military spy satellite into orbit in ...
Researchers unveiled the world’s first wooden satellite last month, billing it as clearing a path for more uses of wood in ...
Previously limited to emergency SOS use, Apple's feature now enables anyone lacking a wireless signal to stay connected. But ...