To support the Emergency SOS feature for the iPhone 14, Apple plans on spending $450 million to help expand the satellite networking infrastructure across the US.
A majority of the funding will go to Globalstar, the satellite communications provider that’s partnering with Apple to power the SOS feature. This will allow an iPhone 14 or iPhone 14 Pro to connect to a Globalstar satellite in orbit to contact emergency services, even when the user is off the grid. All the user needs is a clear view of the sky.
To improve the satellite infrastructure, Apple is working to expand the ground stations across the country that can receive and send data to the Globalstar satellite network. Specifically, Apple is upgrading the ground stations with new “high-power antennas” from a US company called Cobham Satcom.
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