AST, AT&T Make 5G Phone Call Using Satellite Connectivity
AST SpaceMobile and AT&T made the first 5G call using a standard, unmodified smartphone and a satellite, AST said Tuesday. The call was placed in Maui, Hawaii, to a Vodafone engineer in Madrid using AT&T spectrum, a Samsung Galaxy S22…
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smartphone and AST's BlueWalker 3 test satellite, it said. It said a separate test achieved a download rate of about 14 Mbps. "Making the first successful 5G cellular broadband connections from space directly to mobile phones is yet another significant advancement in telecommunications AST SpaceMobile has pioneered," said AST CEO Abel Avellan. "We are more confident than ever that space-based cellular broadband can help transform internet connectivity across the globe by filling in gaps and connecting the unconnected.”