Following the success of the first LEO satellite-routed video call using a regular 4G/5G device, Vodafone plans to roll out Europe’s first commercial direct-to-smartphone broadband satellite service in 2025-2026, expanding network coverage to rural and underserved areas across the continent. Operating from low Earth orbit, Vodafone says its satellite service using AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird satellites

BICS and Skylo have teamed up to boost global IoT connectivity using satellites by integratng Skylo’s satellite network with BICS’ IPX infrastructure, enabling direct NB-IoT-to-satellite connections for enterprises. Skylo Technologies is a global NTN service provider based in Mountain View, CA, offering a service that allows smartphone and IoT cellular devices to connect directly over

Ruggedised handset company Bullitt Group is set to go into voluntary administration according to a report in the Telegraph. The Telegraph reported that Bullitt’s satellite connectivity business and 100 employees would be transferred to a new company owned by its creditors. A source close to the company told Mobile News that it was not surprising

Iridium and Qualcomm’s dream of covering the world’s surface with an emergency texting service accessible through Snapdragon satellite-chip Android smartphones is over.

The Government is to invest £160 million in funding research and development of next-generation satellite communications.  The scheme aims to establish UK leadership in the next generation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communication technologies such as AI and machine learning needed to support the launch of hundreds of satellites. Whitehall believes LEO satellites will

Around a 64 per cent of people in the world’s least developed countries (LDC) are still offline in least developed countries writes Hamish White, CEO of SaaS solutions provider Mobilise This equates to 720 million people , or 27 per cent of the global offline population, even though the these countries population makes up just 14

MediaTek and Inmarsat have pledged to provide two-way satellite communications direct to smartphones, IoT devices and cars,

Contact with emergency services can be made outside mobile and wifi coverage

New government plans will ensure everyone can access fast and reliable coverage wherever

The device and OTT satellite service will be available in Q1 2023

Bullitt has been working on this new service for two years and plans to use this satellite technology to eliminate global ‘black spots’ where people lose coverage and connectivity