British company Bullitt claims it will launch the ‘first satellite-to-mobile messaging smartphone’ Unlike Apple’s SOS via Satellite, the system will enable seamless messaging between a user connected to a satellite and another connected to regular cell network. Bullitt-built phones will be able to get a connection and send a message over satellite in around 10 seconds. It will automatically switch to satellite connectivity when cell and Wi-Fi reception is lost. The first phones with two-way satellite service (and the satellite service itself) will be available in the first three months of 2023. They will come with a free year of emergency messaging. There’s no word on how much it will cost afterwards or on the pricing of general communication. . . .
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