It’s partnered with Starlink rival AST SpaceMobile on a direct-to-smartphone satellite service it plans to launch in Europe later this year. It’s partnered with Starlink rival AST SpaceMobile on a ...

Global telecommunications company Vodafone has successfully tested a “space video call” using a standard mobile phone and commercial satellites. It’s an important step towards eliminating mobile ...

In an what it called an historic first, comms provider Vodafone Group has revealed that it completed what “the first-ever space-based video call” using 4G/5G smartphones, over a satellite built to ...

AT&T and its partner AST SpaceMobile have successfully completed a video call using an unmodified smartphone connected via satellite, showcasing the potential of space-based cellular networks to ...

AST SpaceMobile (AST) activated one of its first BlueBird satellites over Japan in order to make a video call with staff from cellular telco Rakuten, its partner operator in Japan. Abel Avellan, CEO ...

Vodafone has demonstrated the capabilities of a new satellite network by making what it calls the "world's first" satellite video call, albeit with some caveats. The company used partner AST ...

Months after launching into orbit, AST SpaceMobile's first BlueBird satellites have successfully powered a video call between two unmodified smartphones on the ground. US-based AST tested the ...

Satellite video calls will be coming to Europe from later this year, following a successful demo of the tech by Vodafone in partnership with AST SpaceMobile. Rollout in the US through AT&T will follow ...

WhatsApp, one of the most popular messaging services in the world, is soon going to roll out a very interesting new feature ...