Taiwan-based semiconductor firm MediaTek, which makes chipsets for a number of corporations, together with Samsung’s entry-level units, OnePlus, ASUS, Redmi and extra, is ready to launch its personal phone-to-satellite communication system at this yr’s Cell World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain subsequent week.
The expertise can allow two-way satellite tv for pc communication on smartphones through the use of a standalone chipset from MediaTek that may be added to any 4G or 5G telephone. The corporate’s transfer is a response to Qualcomm’s and Apple’s satellite applied sciences, and the semiconductor firm is assured that its expertise will work seamlessly with any community that complies with the 3GPP Non-Terrestrial Community commonplace.
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In response to Engadget, on the MWC occasion, MediaTek will showcase two satellite tv for pc smartphones, particularly, the Motorola defy 2 and CAT S75, alongside a Bluetooth accent with a MediaTek chip. MediaTek’s expertise can obtain messages despatched by way of satellite tv for pc connection, not simply ship them, because it connects to Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit satellites as a substitute of satellites in Low Earth Orbit. For reference, Apple’s Emergency SOS function can solely ship messages and never can’t obtain them.
The Motorola defy 2 smartphone and defy Bluetooth accent shall be launched within the second quarter of the yr in North America, Latin America, and Canada, and so they would be the first units to supply MediaTek’s satellite tv for pc capabilities.
Supply: MediaTek Via: Engadget
