T-MobileRecently Work with Starlink Provide connectivity with customers in dead zones in reception. SAG said Starlink on T-Mobile is an example of the satellite technology being implemented in a simple and efficient way. If you step out of the land T-Mobile reception tower, your phone can passively connect to Starlink without changing the network yourself.
“They worked very closely with Google and Apple to make sure it was a super easy experience,” SAG said. “You don’t need an app, and you don’t have to click any buttons. It just works.”
Terrestrial wireless connections already have this interoperability built into it. If you travel and lose connection to the battery tower, your device may automatically connect to another near one interoperability. Satellite Internet offers the same uninterrupted experience even without a battery tower that can be connected to a phone, a tracker and a range of connected gadgets.
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Of course, Starlink’s satellite is not the only satellite on the launch pad. On the same day, T-Mobile announced its first cooperation with Starlink, and the European Commission also announced Sign a contract The constellations of 290 satellites were placed in orbit as part of their own infrastructure to use them for resilience, interconnection and security through the satellite (IRIS²) program.
Amazon’s Kuiper Project There are already prototypes in the sky with the goal of bringing more than 3,000 satellites into orbit to provide broadband Internet services. Google’s parent company Alphabet has Rotate Its own satellite provider is named Taara to better participate in the field. three Chinese companies Joined the competition, which also includes Lynk Global and Eutelsat Oneweb.
AT&T and Verizon both work with Texas Satellite AST Space Movement Expand its coverage area. (So too) Verizon Cooperate with it Since 2021, the Kuiper project. ) Apple has invested $1.5 billion in satellite companies Globalstar To build your own constellation, Apple devices can use emergency SOS and crash detection in remote areas without battery signals.
“The strengths of these global constellations and why we built them is because they have global reports,” said Ian Christensen, senior director of private sector programs at Secure World Foundation, which advocates for cooperative and sustainable space technology. “You don’t have to worry about where to connect with the Star Link satellite, not the global satellite.”
Christensen warns that the ease of use of interoperability may be problematic. So if the Globalstar satellite works only on Apple phones and vice versa, there might be some gap in coverage. However, for the companies involved, this does not seem to be a plan. Christensen said the more likely evolution of this global network is that satellites become platforms – an agile attitude, just like the way land-based telecommunications operate.
