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Ford is reversing course on AM radio. From a report: In a tweet today, CEO Jim Farley announced the company was backing off its decision to release new vehicles without AM radio broadcast capabilities. Instead, all 2024 Ford and Lincoln models will be … Continue reading Ford Decides It Won’t Kill AM Radio After All
Finally, a promising upgrade to the antique space radio systems that make orbital data transfer so ridiculously slow. Terran Orbit has set a new record for transmitting at high-speed from space to Earth as NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 (P… Continue reading High-speed orbital data link drags space communications out of the ’60s
President Joe Biden moved to lock in his first Democratic majority at the Federal Communications Commission, naming veteran government lawyer Anna Gomez to an open seat and proposing to extend the service of two current commissioners. From a report: Th… Continue reading Biden Names FCC Picks, Pushes for Democratic Majority at Deadlocked Agency
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission sided with Starlink in a battle against Dish Network today, rejecting a Dish proposal that could have degraded Internet service for Starlink satellite users. I… Continue reading FCC Rejects Dish 5G Plan That Could Have Made Starlink Broadband ‘Unusable’
Big tech companies accounting for more than 5% of a telecoms provider’s peak average internet traffic should help fund the rollout of 5G and broadband across Europe, according to a draft proposal by the telecoms industry. From a report: The proposal is… Continue reading Telcos Draw Up Proposal To Charge Big Tech for EU 5G Rollout
Eric Berger writes via Ars Technica: A consortium of nearly every major European satellite company announced Tuesday that it plans to bid for a proposed satellite constellation to provide global communications. Essentially, such a constellation would p… Continue reading Europe’s Major Satellite Players Line Up To Build Starlink Competitor
San Francisco-based tech company Somewear Labs has taken the wraps off a pocket-sized military multi-networking communication device called Node that can automatically switch between internet-like mesh radio and satellite communications.Continue Readin… Continue reading Node field radio combines a portable ‘internet’ with satellite links
SpaceX and Rogers Communications struck a deal for satellite phone service in Canada — a bid to bring emergency service to remote areas of the vast country that can’t be reached through conventional wireless networks. From a report: The companies will… Continue reading SpaceX, Rogers Strike Deal for Satellite Phone Service in Canada
5G technology has brought faster connections, better gadgets — and a measure of disappointment from people with expectations of something closer to world-changing technology. But just wait, mobile companies are saying: The next upgrade will gin up ent… Continue reading 5G Not Enough? Telecom Companies Look to 5.5G
Satellite manufacturer AST SpaceMobile partnered with AT&T to make the first two-way audio call using satellites with a standard smartphone. “The initial call was placed using AT&T’s networks in Midland, Texas, to mobile carrier Ratuken in Japa… Continue reading AT&T Helps Complete the First ‘Space-Based Voice Call’ Using a Standard Smartphone