Dead spots: Satellites are intended to complement mobile networks

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Barcelona Whether on a ski tour in the mountains or an excursion in Brandenburg: If you are traveling in sparsely populated or non-populated regions, you will quickly find yourself in a dead zone. If the telecommunications industry has its way, it should be over soon.

A dense network of satellites is intended to supplement the existing radio infrastructure on earth. They are radioed by normal smartphones – without the bulky antenna that is still protruding from the housing of many satellite phones.

At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, ​​several hardware manufacturers and network operators announced solutions to network smartphones and other devices via satellite when there are no cell phone antennas in range. The solutions are similar to Apple’s satellite emergency system, which the group has been offering for the iPhone 14 since last fall. However, the possible uses go far beyond that.

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