Vodafone puts D2D plans in motion with fresh SpaceMobile trials
Vodafone reveals first “space-to-land” gateway to enable direct-to-device services. Further trials of SpaceMobile technology pencilled in for spring 2025 as Group moves closer to launching Europe- and Africa-wide services after launch delays and legal troubles…
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- Organisations: American Tower; Apple; AST SpaceMobile; AT&T; Bell Canada; Cisneros Group; Globalstar; Goole; Intelsat; Iridium Communications; Kuiper Systems; Lynk Global; Rakuten; Skylo Technologies; SpaceX; Starlink; Teleport Uyde Haberlşme; TPG Telecom; Verizon; Viasat; Vodacom; Vodafone Foundation; Vodafone Ghana; Vodafone Group; Vodafone Investments; Vodafone Turkey; Vodafone UK.
- Geographies: Africa; Asia-Pacific; Europe; Japan; North America; United Kingdom (UK); United States of America (USA); Wales.
- People: Rowan Chesmer; Margherita Della Valle; Ernest Harrison; Michael Harrison; Elon Musk; Max Taylor.
- Themes: 3G; 4G; 5G; Broadband; Direct-to-device services (D2D); Gateways; Geostationary Earth orbit (GEO); Holographic calls; Infrastructure; Internet of Things (IoT); Low-Earth orbit (LEO); Medium-Earth orbit (MEO); Mobile backhaul; Mobile broadband; Non-terrestrial networks (NTN); Partnerships; Satellite.
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