Today Amazon has announced that it’s acquiring Globalstar, which is the company that enables Apple’s satellite connectivity features. Basically, Globalstar provides the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation that iPhones and Apple Watches connect to when they’re outside of cellular or Wi-Fi coverage, and Apple uses up most of Globalstar’s network capacity.
Amazon wants to use Globalstar’s satellites to add direct-to-device services to future generations of its LEO network. Globalstar’s satellites will expand the Amazon Leo (Amazon Leo is Amazon’s LEO satellite company, hence the…
Today Amazon has announced that it’s acquiring Globalstar, which is the company that enables Apple’s satellite connectivity features. Basically, Globalstar provides the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation that iPhones and Apple Watches connect to when they’re outside of cellular or Wi-Fi coverage, and Apple uses up most of Globalstar’s network capacity.
Amazon wants to use Globalstar’s satellites to add direct-to-device services to future generations of its LEO network. Globalstar’s satellites will expand the Amazon Leo (Amazon Leo is Amazon’s LEO satellite company, hence the… Read More GSMArena.com – Latest articles
