Iridium to Provide 2-Way Messaging Connectivity for Qualcomm Phones
Iridium will provide two-way messaging connectivity for Qualcomm's premium Android phones, Qualcomm said Thursday. Iridium said last week it had inked a smartphone service provider agreement (see 2301030041). Qualcomm said its Snapdragon Satellite service will allow messaging for emergency use…
and SMS texting. The service will start with its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 platform, with emergency messaging via Snapdragon Satellite to launch in some regions in the latter half of 2023, Qualcomm said. It said Snapdragon Satellite can expand beyond smartphones to laptops, tablets, vehicles and IoT. It also said Snapdragon Satellite will support 5G non-terrestrial networks as those constellations become available, and Garmin will support Snapdragon Satellite.