An AT&T-backed cellular satellite company sent a 4G LTE signal from space

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An AT&T-backed cellular satellite company sent a 4G LTE signal from space
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AST SpaceMobile plans a 5G test next after hitting over 10Mbps speeds.

so that companies can begin providing space-based cell service.

The BW3 is a massive commercial communication array at 693 square feet — about the size of a two- or three-car garage — and the largest ever deployed in low Earth orbit, says AST’s release. It operates using the sameAT&T-backed satellite can pick up regular phone signals from space The achievement is “an important step toward AST SpaceMobile’s goal of bringing broadband services to parts of the world where cellular coverage is either unreliable or simply does not exist today,” according to AST’s chairman and CEO, Abel Avellan, who said this would allow users to text and call, browse the internet, download files, and even stream video using a signal beamed from space.

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