The aerospace company SpaceX It not only stands out for its missions to space, such as the third Starship test launch that took place in the last day. And Elon Musk's company is also leading a satellite crusade through Starlink, whose objective is to expand its telecommunications services globally. In this regard, one of its areas is development and initiative Direct To Cellfocused on offer calling and connection services worldwide, regardless of the person's geographic location.
And it was precisely this SpaceX project that is making history. The reason? Proven to be compatible with mobile devices from leading brands such as Samsung, Apple and Googlewithout the need for modifications or additional infrastructure, so we could say that It is now possible to call from any point on the planet, even in the most isolated areas.
Starlink would now allow calling around the world
In an effort to expand its user base and meet all its proposed objectives, Musk announced the success of Direct to Cell technology.
Basically, this advance takes advantage of the SpaceX satellite network to provide global call coveragethus overcoming the connectivity challenges faced by many areas around the world.
According to a company statement Dated March 7, the first tests were a resounding success and covered a wide variety of environments ranging from urban and rural areas to indoors and outdoors under different weather conditions.
AND That's how Starlink did it. The results confirmed that smartphones equipped with LTE technology – that is, starting with the iPhone 13 and similar models from other brands – are capable of taking advantage of the satellite signal to make and receive phone calls anywhere.
However, the details about the cost of the service are still being analyzed by Musk, but it emerged that Starlink is already exploring various pricing options to make this technology more accessible.