Starlink has partnered up with several phone providers to offer satellite connectivity during hurricane season.

Certain iPhone, Android models allow users can make calls and send messages via satellite No extra hardware or modifications required: certain iPhone and Android models can connect directly to the ...

Also: The best cheap phones you can buy: Expert tested Staying connected in areas with poor or non-existent cellular coverage can be incredibly difficult, making a satellite phone an invaluable tool.

This capability is provided by the Globalstar satellite service. But there are other options, with Vodafone teaming up with another satellite operator, AST SpaceMobile, to offer a commercial direct-to ...

Just when we thought T-Mobile was not going to give out any more physical gifts, the company has seemingly proven us wrong.

Crucially, it didn’t require a dish or a satellite phone — the call was made with a standard mobile device and it connected not to a cell tower, but to a low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite 500km ...

Apple AAPL2.21%increase; green up pointing triangle is clashing with Elon Musk in its push to eliminate cellphone dead spots with satellite technology. The iPhone maker is investing heavily in ...

MTN South Africa and low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite service company Lynk Global carried out a successful technical trial of one of the first satellite-to-mobile device phone calls in South Africa.

US-based Globalstar's emergency SOS service allows iPhone users to send emergency text messages and share locations when they are off the grid in areas with no cellular or Wi-Fi coverage A company ...

Big weather events can wipe out homes, phone lines and powerlines, making the usual cellular or Wi-Fi networks impossible to use. However, if you have an iPhone, you can connect to a satellite to ...