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Not a very informative article. Most of these SpaceX deals are years in the future. I posted a link to AST's recent first ever demonstration of an actual satel
by johnea 4y ago
Not a very informative article. Most of these SpaceX deals are years in the future.
I posted a link to AST's recent first ever demonstration of an actual satellite to cell phone voice call, and it didnt even make it onto the IRC feed. I link here again:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230425005532/en/AST-SpaceMobile-Makes-History-in-Cellular-Connectivity-Completing-the-First-Ever-Space-Based-Voice-Call-Using-Everyday-Unmodified-Smartphones https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230425005532/en/AST...
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/ast-spacemobile-first-space-based-call-smartphones https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/ast-spacemobile-first...
https://www.zdnet.com/article/someone-just-made-the-first-ever-voice-call-over-satellite-with-an-everyday-phone/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/someone-just-made-the-first-ev...
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/first-ever-space-based-voice-153609835.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/first-ever-space-based-voice-...
This was an actual voice call between an unmodified cell phone and a satellite, not an announcement...
- roneythomas6 4y agoAST is already integrated to Nokia's 5G core and Bell in Canada and AT&T in US have signed up with AST for satellite coverage. Nokia is the supplier for both Bell and AT&T 5g core. Also with 3GPP R17 has support for Non-Terrestrial Networks(NTN)
- sroussey 4y agoLynk.world did it a while ago (connecting to 3/4 G phone direct from satellite). SMS a couple years ago, voice a year ago. The are definitely working the market for base sms/data first. It’s easier to deal with hiccups than it is with voice. I doubt anyone will offer voice at first, just universal data roaming. All these players are trying to secure deals right now[1]. They sent up more sats this year[2]. [1] https://lynk.world/news/lynk-and-vodafone-ghana-sign-contract-bringing-satellite-direct-to-standard-phone-technology-to-ghana-providing-100-mobile-coverage/ https://lynk.world/news/lynk-and-vodafone-ghana-sign-contrac... [2] https://lynk.world/news/lynk-launches-worlds-2nd-and-3rd-commercial-cell-towers-in-space/ https://lynk.world/news/lynk-launches-worlds-2nd-and-3rd-com...