The first video is done… no network

The network was another: 4g/5g sent through the Bluebird satellites. The first spatial video was always performed from a remote mountain location.

The Vodafone Group announced this Thursday that First VideoChamada Space Mobile in the Worldfrom a Remote zone and without coverageusing normal 4G/5G smartphones and satellites.

According to the telecommunications operator, this “is the only worldwide gender satellite technology created to offer a complete mobile broadband experience (doing and receiving video clings, accessing the internet and using online messaging services)) , paving the way to universal digital connectivity and elimination of mobile coverage gapsnamely in remote areas. ”

According to the company, with the extension of the land network, and having the satellite as complementary technology, “the signals of the 4G/5G smartphone of a user are sent through satellites BlueBird (from AST Spacemobile, Vodafone’s partner) to a New ‘gateway’ space-land From Vodafone, which receives and channels all signs of and for the earth’s network. ”

Thus, it becomes possible to use conventional smartphones “To automatically alternate between space and terrestrial networks, without a special antenna, a terminal or a costly satellite phone, and complementing Vodafone’s advanced 5G network in Europe.”

The first space video was made from a remote mountainous location in the Wales countrybetween Rowan Chesmer, Vodafone engineer, and Vodafone’s Margherita Della Valle (CEO).

The company said that “five satellites AST Spacemobile operating from the low land orbit (Bluebird 1 – 5) allows Vodafone to test mobile broadband connectivity directly to existing smartphones, with maximum data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps”.

After the tests are completed in this spring, “Vodafone intends Progressively introduce broadband service via satellite direct to the smartphone in European markets later this year and 2026Colming the last coverage gaps. ”