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.
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 ...
An upcoming AT&T satellite service promises to bring satellite comms to the iPhone 12 and 13 for the first time. Unlike Apple’s Emergency SOS via Satellite service, it will support phone calls ...
AT&T appears to be closer to letting every iPhone since the iPhone 12 make voice calls and texts via satellite, using 5G. AT&T has been working on bringing satellite broadband and specifically ...
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AST SpaceMobile is a leader in developing satellites able to communicate directly with stock cellular phones - promising to ...
Japan says North Korea has informed it of a plan to launch a satellite by June 3. Japan’s coast guard said Monday it has been ...
Previously limited to emergency SOS use, Apple's feature now enables anyone lacking a wireless signal to stay connected. But ...
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 ...