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mateojones1428 t1_j3f16jg wrote

Reply to comment by GodsendNYC in Qualcomm partners with Iridium to bring satellite messaging to Android phones by thebelsnickle1991

Read up on spacemobile, they will offer 5g broadband from LEO sats, not just emergency texting.

They are testing right now with AT&T, vodafone, Rakuten.

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GodsendNYC t1_j3fw057 wrote

There's not much tech info I could find, only about the downlink not the uplink from the phone. How does a 5 watt maximum non-directed transmission get to a satellite reliably?

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