AST SpaceMobile is working on space-based cellular signals. | Image: AST SpaceMobile
A Texas company called AST SpaceMobile managed to successfully transmit a 4G LTE signal from space that was picked up by “everyday, off-the-shelf smartphones,” the company announced this morning. The satellite AST used, called BlueWalker 3 (BW3), will try a 5G connection for its next major test. The company says its recent test was a “world first.”
Testing was conducted in Hawaii on AT&T’s spectrum using Nokia RAN technology, and the s...
