British mobile phone career Vodafone has just announced that it has performed a historic first space mobile video call from a remote location in Wales. And the groundbreaking service should be available in the second half of this year. This latest event has been overwhelmed in a wide variety of iPhone satellite -related news.
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Appropriate to the cosmic story, the UK astronaut Tim Peak was at hand to witness a call that seamlessly connected satellites to the Borderfone ground network. The company says that providing mobile broadband directly to normal 4G or 5G telephones is the only satellite service in the world. He said, “Vodafone is aiming to provide the first commercial satellite satellite service in Europe in late 2025 and 2026.”
The satellite service is becoming more and more common, but unlike this, many need special hardware. “Unlike today’s satellite -based services, users do not require special dishes, terminals or expensive satellite phones to benefit from complete mobile broadband connection. The services they receive are 4G. And it reflects the experience of the 5G mobile network and can automatically switch space and ground networks using everyday smartphones, “says Vodafone.
The call was made from a remote location in Wales, which had previously had no mobile broadband.
But this was not the first to Wales. Break -through used a comfortable name Bluebird Satellite ast Spacemobile. ABEL AVELLAN, the founder, chairman and CEO of AST Spacemobile, talked about the first space -based 5G audio call.
“This historic milestone shows another important step in partnership with Vodafone, a long -term investor and major technology partner. This latest result using the world’s first thing, such as voice calls, the first 4G download speed that exceeds 10 Mbps, and the first 5G audio call in the history of the space -based broadband. Avelllan says, one step closer to our mission to eliminate the connection gap and allows everyone to access cellular broadcast bands.
Vodafone explained it as an extension of Vodafone’s land gloss.
VERGE reports that Texas -based AST SPACEMOBILE has signed a contract with AT & T and Verizon and provides similar services throughout the United States.
