by dankeelan | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Satellites, Space, Telecommunications
SpaceX successfully sent text messages via Starlink satellites using T-Mobile’s network, it announced Wednesday, as Elon Musk’s company aims to bring its direct-to-device cell service to market in the coming year. The recent test comes as major...
by dankeelan | Dec 14, 2023 | Business, Electric Vehicles, Featured, Telecommunications
U.S. wireless carrier AT&T will purchase some electric vehicles from startup Rivian in a pilot program to evaluate ways to reduce cost, cut carbon emissions and improve safety, the companies said on Thursday. The deal is the first for Rivian after the company last...
by dankeelan | Mar 9, 2023 | Drones, Telecommunications
An Oregon man employed some creative thinking by attaching his phone to a drone to get cell service after becoming stranded on a snowy road in Willamette National Forest, authorities said on Facebook. The motorist was trying to travel across a remote road in the...
by dankeelan | Nov 10, 2022 | Telecommunications
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...
by dankeelan | Nov 10, 2022 | Telecommunications
AT&T Mexico is offering customers biometric authentication to open and secure their accounts. The identity authentication and digital contract holds the same legal authority as a paper contract and enrolment process, according to the telecommunications company....
by dankeelan | Oct 27, 2022 | Government, Regulation, Telecommunications
A leading congressional committee opened a probe of AT&T, Charter, Dish Network, T-Mobile and Verizon on Wednesday, aiming to explore if these and other telecom giants are “abiding by the law” in administering a federal aid program that helps low-income families...
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