The BlueWalker 3 satellite was fully deployed, making it the "largest-ever commercial communications array in low Earth orbit," at 693 square feet, according to AST SpaceMobile. Credit: AST ...

Arctic naval operations expose a communications gap because equatorial military satellites cannot reliably cover polar regions, pushing the Pentagon to consider new satellite and airborne relay ...

Right now the satellite feature works for every iPhone user — when they can't get a regular cell signal, satellite is offered. So at present, a user doesn't even need to know that there is such a ...

WASHINGTON — Satellite antenna manufacturer ThinKom Solutions said its U.S. military contract to demonstrate phased-array portable ground stations has been extended, as the Pentagon continues to ...

An artist's impression of Mitsubishi Electric's next-generation defence satellite communications system. (Mitsubishi Electric) Japan's Ministry of Defense (MoD) has awarded a contract worth JPY123.5 ...

Apple's next-generation C2 modem will bring support for 5G satellite connectivity to this year's iPhone 18 Pro models, based on claims made by a Chinese leaker. In a post on Weibo, the account "Fixed ...

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GCT Semiconductor Holding Inc. (“GCT” or the "Company") (NYSE: GCTS), a leading designer and supplier of advanced 5G and 4G semiconductor solutions, today announced that it has licensed its 5G and 4G ...

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The European Union has switched on parts of its homegrown secure satellite communications network for the first time, as part of a €10.6 billion push to provide an alternative to Starlink and wean ...

It’s still kind of wild to think that a regular iPhone or Samsung phone can now make direct calls via satellite. I know it’s 2026, but just a few years ago, smartphones were expected to rely entirely ...