Brief Summary
The world will soon be getting its first satellite-to mobile messaging phone as Bullitt and MediaTek, who deal in consumer electronics and semiconductors, respectively, are joining hands to make two-way satellite messaging a reality in the near future.
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Highlights
- Bullitt claims that it will take about 10 seconds to send a message
- It will allow sending messages to phones connected to regular networks
- Bullitt will provide satellite SOS for free for the first 12 months.
Bullitt and MediaTek to Make Satellite-to Mobile Messaging a Reality
Smartphones have become an indelible part of our lives in the past decade or so because they’ve come a long way from being a mere mode of convenience where you can just talk or send/receive messages.
When it comes to messaging, the SMS had come as a huge change from constantly talking hours on call to simply sending a short message to the other person.
SMS has long become obsolete where now we have WhatsApp messaging service where you can also make video calls with a person sitting thousands of miles away, which will also go out of synchronization very soon with the change of times.
Now, the latest news is that the first smartphone to feature two-way satellite messaging technology is under work as Bullitt and MediaTek have joined hands to make this dream a reality.
There are strong rumours that this undisclosed smartphone will be launched very soon in the first three months or Q1 of 2023 for which Bullitt will be the manufacturer, while MediaTek will develop the chipset, which will be a 3GPP non-terrestrial (NTN) model.
Bullitt has made it clear recently that OTT satellite service and smartphone will be available at a commercial level during the first few months of 2023, for which it has been working with MediaTek to develop the technology for the past 18 months or so.
The next generation of 5G smartphones is being worked upon for which Bullitt is planning direct satellite communications technology, while the OTT satellite service will be coming with a new satellite SOS feature for which you can get a 12 month free of charge from the purchase date.
What’s more, MediaTek has already revealed that the world’s first ever 5G NTN smartphone communication technology had been tested in August 2022, where it was made clear that satellites would provide connectivity to all consumer devices.
What’s more, MediaTek has already revealed that the world’s first ever 5G NTN smartphone communication technology had been tested in August 2022, where it was made clear that satellites would provide connectivity to all consumer devices.
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