No More “No Service”: Cellphones will increasingly text via satellite
Lucas Laursen
Abstract
In 2023, you or someone you know will be able to send a text message through space. Late in 2022, hardware behemoths Huawei and Apple released cellular telephones capable of texting on traditional satellite-communications networks. A pair of ambitious startups, AST SpaceMobile and Lynk Global, also started building new low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks designed to reach conventional 5G cell-phones outside their coverage areas.
Topics & Concepts
SatelliteLow earth orbitTelecommunicationsCommunications satelliteService (business)Computer scienceSpace (punctuation)Computer networkEngineeringBusinessOperating systemAerospace engineeringMarketingSatellite Communication Systems