Space race
Published in Network
24 January 2024

Space race


Tech giants splash cash on satellite firm that promises to connect your phone anywhere

AT&T, Google and Vodafone have forked out a whopping $206.5 million on AST SpaceMobile, a company that claims it can hook up your mobile phone to the internet from space. 

BT misses Huawei ban deadline and faces fines
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Failed to purge the Chinese 

BT has failed to get rid of Huawei kit from its core networks by the deadline set by the government, and admitted 2G and 3G services are still using the Chinese gear.

New Wi-Fi 7 standard emphases stability
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Multi-link operations

When Wi-Fi 7 arrives this year, it will bring with it a new focus on improving its image and this appears to be mostly in the area of stability.

Nigeria's phone ban: Millions to be cut off by government
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Give the government your details or lose your phones

Nigeria's government has ordered telecoms firms to cut off millions of mobile users who have not linked their SIM cards to their biometric IDs.

JPL stream cat videos from deep space
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It's what Jack Parsons would have wanted 

JPL has tested its Deep Space Optical Communications network by live streaming an HD cat video from 19 million miles away.