Satellite connectivity is heating up in 2025. Carriers, phone-makers and satellite networks are rushing to support texting with the help of satellites.

One needs specialized gear to tap into the satphone network, few of us can justify the expense of satellite phone service, and fewer still care to carry around a brick with a chunky antenna on it ...

The service is provided by BlueBird satellites from Vodafone's partner (and SpaceX rival) AST SpaceMobile. The system is ...

Starlink will only support texting for now, but T-Mobile has said that the service will eventually expand to browsing and voice. The free beta provides users with high-speed internet connectivity in ...

Aldrin is still planting flags 56 years after he did so on the moon, only now it is in a commercial asking "Can you text me ...

Vodafone has successfully tested the world's first "space video call," and it may change mobile phone coverage forever.

or expensive satellite phone to benefit from full mobile broadband connectivity. The service they will receive mirrors the experience of existing 4G and 5G mobile networks, enabling them to use ...

In September this year, the carrier successfully relayed a satellite ... when the service rolls out widely. That means users necessarily won’t have shell extra cash for a special phone, or ...

The service uses Starlink’s direct-to-phone satellite network to let users text message each other in areas where regular mobile coverage is unavailable. This covers about 40% of New Zealand's ...

Vodafone boss Margherita Della Valle says it could eliminate "not spots" - places without mobile signal - which regulator ...

Vodafone has pledged to eliminate rural signal “not-spots” with the launch of a new satellite mobile service. The telecoms giant is rolling out new technology that will allow customers to make ...