Unprecedented 5G Call via Satellite Carries Our Voices to New Heights
Highlights:
- World’s first 5G call made via a satellite using an ordinary smartphone was completed successfully.
- The long-distance call was from an engineer in Maui, Hawaii to a Vodafone engineer stationed in Madrid, Spain.
- AT&T’s spectrum and AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 test satellite were instrumental in making this technological breakthrough happen.
My Hot Take!
This isn’t just another drop in the ocean of tech achievements, folks! The sound of one distant device calling another has been amplified to a literal cosmic level! Put your regular phone calls aside because this is the Next Big Thing! A long-distance call from Maui to Madrid, no less, and all thanks to AT&T’s spectrum and AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 test satellite. You may be wondering, “so what?” Well folks, this is the first time a 5G call has been made via satellite using an everyday smartphone. That’s right, no special equipment or fancy space-age gadget. Just your run-of-the-mill, order-takeout, endlessly-scrolling, accidentally-dropping-in-the-toilet smartphone. In this exciting new world of connectivity, ET just needs his good old smartphone to dial home! So, cheers to us earthlings for forever changing the notion of ‘long-distance’ call. Space calling, over and out!