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Australian government taps postal vans to track remote network coverage

The Australian government has tapped the nation’s postal vehicle fleet to audit mobile network coverage across the country’s remote interior. Postal vans will carry network measurement devices to track coverage across 180,000 km of regional and rural roads, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has announced.  A pilot phase is now underway, with the main audit to start later this […]

SpaceX blames European hostility on AST’s ‘misinformation campaign’

According to SpaceX, its satellite rival AST SpaceMobile is conducting a “misinformation campaign” against SpaceX and the company’s efforts to connect T-Mobile’s customers to SpaceX satellites. In a new filing with the FCC, SpaceX urged American regulators to ignore “foreign investors and partners in AST’s meme-stock” and to approve SpaceX’s out-of-band emissions waiver request. “As […]

T-Mobile official shares details about T-Priority offering, satellite-to-device progress

T-Mobile USA’s T-Priority service for first responders powered by 5G network-slicing technology will include a minimum bitrate for users, and the carrier is “light years ahead” of competitors in offering satellite-direct-to-device services, according to a company official. Mo Katibeh, chief marketing officer for the T-Mobile for Business unit, said that the T-Priority service announced earlier […]

T-Mobile unveils first-responder prioritization powered by 5G network slicing

T-Mobile yesterday announced T-Priority, an offering designed to prioritize first-responder communications by leveraging the carrier’s 5G standalone core and network slicing technology, and the City of New York as a significant new “anchor” user of the service. T-Mobile Business Group President Callie Field compared the T-Priority service to the priority and preemption many public-safety users […]

AST SpaceMobile puts first five commercial LEO satellites into orbit for direct-to-device service

Satellite-direct-to-device provider AST SpaceMobile today launched its first five Bluebird low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites to mark the beginning of its constellation that is designed to deliver global 4G/5G broadband services to unmodified devices in partnership with some of the world’s largest cellular carriers. AST SpaceMobile CEO Abel Avellan said the launch of the five Bluebird satellites […]
Verizon

Verizon official outlines satellite-direct-to-device vision after AST SpaceMobile, Skylo deals

Verizon has announced deals with two different satellite-direct-to-device providers—AST SpaceMobile and Skylo—in an effort to provide its customers with layers of redundant connectivity, even when they are in outdoor locations that are beyond the coverage footprint of any wireless provider, according to a Verizon official. Srini Kalapala, Verizon’s senior vice president and chief product-development officer, […]
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