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How Direct‑to‑Device Satellite Texting Works on New Smartphones: Features, Limits, and Emergency Use Cases

Learn how satellite texting works on 2026 smartphones, emergency SOS features, Starlink capabilities, and key limitations affecting iPhone and Android devices. Pixabay, padrinan Direct-to-device ...
AFCEA

Industry Developing Direct-to-Device Comms for Warfighters and First Responders

For first responders and warfighters, reliable communication is paramount in moments of crisis. 5G sidelink, a new radio standard technology, offers direct-to-device (D2D) communication without ...
Morningstar

Carillon Technologies Announces Ultra-Low-Cost Phased Array Technology for Broadband Direct-to-Device (D2D) Satellite Communication

Company's ReflecTek spinout has demonstrated a new low-cost PCB-based reflect-array technology that promises to dramatically reduce cost and complexity of satellite communication terminals ReflecTek™ ...
Benzinga.com

Elon Musk's Starlink Pens Deal With Ukrainian Telco Kyivstar To Offer Direct-To-Cell Technology

The company announced on Monday that it will offer the technology beginning Nov. 24 to all its customers in Ukraine. The company said it had been testing the technology for over a year. Kyivstar users ...