SpaceX first demonstrated a video call on a mobile via its Starlink satellite service in 2024.
Credit: SpaceX
T-Mobile’s satellite-based cellular service, provided by SpaceX’s Starlink, now supports data for a variety of smartphone apps, including video chat software. The “T-Service” is using more than 650 Starlink direct-to-cell satellites, T-Mobile said Oct. 1. The addition of satellite cellular service...
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