Apple has committed a fresh $1.5 billion to Globalstar, the satellite company that enables iPhones to send and receive messages from hard-to-reach places. The service can be particularly helpful in ...

Apple is becoming a satellite communications company, taking a 20% stake in its existing satellite services provider, ...

Apple committed about $1.5 billion to satellite communications company Globalstar to fund the expansion of iPhone services.

A former Navy SEAL sees a big difference between satellite-enabled smartphones and dedicated satellite communications devices ...

Mr. Ratigan is an accomplished executive with over three decades of senior leadership experience and expertise in the global satellite technology sector. He joined Comtech in November 2023 as the ...

Cell phones can save someone’s life by connecting them with emergency services and family. But what if you have no cell signal? Here's how the iPhone's new satellite connection works.

A major satellite owner has demonstrated technical feasibility of connecting a commercial mobile smartphone to its geostationary L-band constellation Viasat has successfully tested communications by ...

A device called an all-optical switch could instead use light to control other light signals without the need for electrical conversion, saving both time and energy in fiber-optic communication.

BSNL News: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in collaboration with the global satellite communication firm Viasat has completed the trials for its Direct-to-Device (D2D) technology. The BSNL ...

Efforts to standardize satellite and terrestrial communications are moving beyond ... standards used by smartphones and other mass-market devices. The standardization work builds upon the ...

Under the new strategy, the company will also pursue portfolio-shaping and operational initiatives, including assessing its satellite and space communications portfolio to identify opportunities ...

David Anders is a senior writer for CNET covering broadband providers, smart home devices ... s the communication delay between two points, in this case, your home and the satellite, when sending ...