Elon Musk's SpaceX has already established partnerships with T-Mobile, Royal Caribbean and Hawaiian Airlines to expand connectivity with its Starlink satellites.
to send messages to emergency services while they are outside cellular or Wi-Fi coverage.
The feature will give users a questionnaire in order to assess their situation before showing them where to point the device to connect to a satellite. The initial questionnaire and follow-up messages are then relayed to centers staffed by Apple-trained specialists who call for help on the user's behalf. Users can also manually share their location over satellite with Find My feature when there is no cellular or Wi-Fi connection.
Emergency SOS via satellite will be available to iPhone 14 users in the U.S. and Canada in November and will be free for the first two years. The iPhone 14 lineup introduces emergency SOS via satellite, enabling the user to message with emergency services when outside cellular or Wi-Fi coverage.satellite communications firm GlobalStar
said it would partner with Apple on the emergency SOS via satellite feature and that the tech giant has agreed to pay 95% of the costs for new satellites associated with the feature. GlobalStar expects its total revenue for the year ending Dec. 31, 2023, to range between $185 million to $230 million. It added that the new satellites are expected to be operational by 2026 and that total revenue could increase by approximately 35% compared to its 2023 forecast, driven primarily by revenue growth under its partnership with Apple.
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