Low-earth orbit cellphone networks a threat and opportunity for Vodacom and MTN

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Game-changer can threaten Vodacom and MTN's business models

New technological developments that enable mobile phones to connect directly to low Earth orbit satellites are a game-changer which can threaten mobile operators’ current business models.

When Apple unveiled the new iPhone 14, it announced that its software allows the phone’s antennas to connect directly to satellites.
 
sat phones have existed for a long time now, every drug dealer or dinosaur park adventurer has one,

Apple made nothing revolutionary, all they did was stick a rotten fruit on the front of it and say we've made a stupid thing.

will Samsung and the rest of the android boys have to do some work?
um, no, try again, I-nonsesne people, this Android phone is from 2018...

 
The human machine is the most advanced AI system ever created. The day it becomes self aware we will no longer exist.
 
New technological developments that enable mobile phones to connect directly to low Earth orbit satellites are a game-changer which can threaten mobile operators’ current business models.
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What exactly is this new development?
 
eg2505 said:
sat phones have existed for a long time now, every drug dealer or dinosaur park adventurer has one,

Apple made nothing revolutionary, all they did was stick a rotten fruit on the front of it and say we've made a stupid thing.

will Samsung and the rest of the android boys have to do some work?
um, no, try again, I-nonsesne people, this Android phone is from 2018...

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LEO is not traditional satellite.
 
Who remembers Capanina stratospheric broadband?
That was like LEO satellite-lite.

techcrunch.com

Stratospheric Broadband | TechCrunch

Led, by the University of York and funded by the EU's Framework 6 R&D programmes, the CAPANINA project seeks to energise the development of high-alititude
techcrunch.com techcrunch.com
 
Yeah but but you get 10GB of Youtube Data to use between 02:07 to 02:35am.

Satellite networks cant compete with our products or our world class networks:ROFL:
 
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