Verizon You will start upgrading compatible phones that start today and will continue during the next two weeks. More tests for satellite communication continues as a backup copy as the carrier uses satellite connection to data services and video calls. Verizon "We go beyond the basic messages to the satellite into cells and integrate satellites into daily communication," he says. The wireless provider notes that today's announcement is a major expansion of satellite capabilities, a sign of the company's goal to maintain its customers regardless of their whereabouts.

The carrier also uses satellites to help keep customers in connection after emergency situations that have damaged the cellular network. In such cases, Verizon It is known that it offers portable assets that can be used for temporarily maintaining Verizon Customers are connected. I remember again in 2005 when Hurricane Wilma destroyed the cellular service in southern Florida and feeling isolated after such an event was difficult to bear. It is clear that technology that allows us to use satellites to replace the damaged cell service was not available 20 years ago.

while T-Mobile I collaborated with Elon Musk's Space X for satellite service, both Verizon and AT & T A partnership with AST Spacemobile.