Tag: Vodafone
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Google Wants to Take On SpaceX and Starlink in Space
Google is joining the space race. The tech giant has thrown its financial support behind Starlink competitor, AST SpaceMobile, to help the company with product development, testing, and implementation. Google is the latest Big Tech player drawn into the area of delivering space-based internet and phone service. SpaceX’s Starlink is working with T-Mobile on tests…
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AT&T Successfully Made a 5G Phone Call From Space
AT&T phone home? Well, sort of. AST SpaceMobile, the cellular satellite company backed by the mobile carrier, placed a satellite call over 5G. It’s the “first ever” 5G connection between an unmodified smartphone and a space satellite. On September 8, AST SpaceMobile used a Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone in a wireless dead zone in Maui,…
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Amazon’s New Home Internet Service Will Also Power 5G Networks
British mobile operator Vodafone wants to expand its 4G and 5G coverage with the help of Amazon’s low-Earth orbit satellite constellation, Project Kuiper. Vodafone wants to use Project Kuiper’s high-bandwidth, low-latency network to improve connectivity services in Africa and Europe, two areas where the company has high concentrations of customers. In addition, the partnership would…
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AT&T Makes History With First Ever Space-Based Smartphone Call!
AST SpaceMobile made history today by placing the first-ever space-based voice call using a standard, unmodified smartphone.