When the AMSAT-OSCAR 7 (AO-7) amateur radio satellite was launched in 1974, its expected lifespan was about five years. The plucky little satellite made it to 1981 when a battery failure caused it ...

Soon, costly infrastructure may not be the only route to mobile access in South Africa’s (SA’s) most disconnected rural areas. A trial mobile call triumph this week successfully used satellite tech to ...

Satellite-direct-to-device (D2D) provider, Lynk Global has had a busy week with the announcement of successful tests of its ...

MTN SA, Lynk Global make Africa’s ‘first’ satellite-to-mobile call By Staff Writer, ITWebJohannesburg, 28 Mar 2025MTN SA chief technology officer Rami Farah and Lynk Global chief commercial officer ...

MTN South Africa and Lynk Global have carried out Africa’s first satellite-to-mobile device phone call, in the sparsely populated North West province. The call in Vryburg enabled MTN and Lynk Global ...

Texting via satellite comes to customers with recent Pixel and Galaxy phones starting today.

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One key finding from our survey was brands that experienced the most faults. Within seven years of ownership, Alcatel and Nokia phones fared worst here, with the most common problem being battery life ...

Without important security patches, hackers can exploit vulnerabilities in a phone's software – and the risks increase the longer it is out of the update cycle. It's important to not only find out if ...