Pixel 9 e Pixel 10: gli SMS via satellite arrivano in Europa
#Emergenze #Europa #Francia #Google #GooglePixel #Novità #Orange #Pixel10 #Pixel9 #Skylo #SOSViaSatellite #TechNews #Tecnologia

https://www.ceotech.it/pixel-9-e-pixel-10-gli-sms-via-satellite-arrivano-in-europa/

Google ubiegło Apple’a w Europie. Orange uruchamia satelitarne SMS-y. Zasięg obejmie również nasz kraj.

Wyścig o łączność satelitarną w smartfonach nabiera tempa. Podczas gdy Apple w Europie oferuje jedynie satelitarne połączenia alarmowe (SOS), Google, we współpracy z operatorem Orange, wprowadza pierwszą w Europie komercyjną usługę dwukierunkowych SMS-ów satelitarnych. Zasięg obejmuje Polskę!

Usługa o nazwie „Message Satellite” rusza już 11 grudnia 2025 roku. Warto jednak mieć na uwadze, że dostęp do niej będzie początkowo ograniczony do jednego operatora i jednej marki smartfonów.

Ekskluzywnie dla Pixeli i Orange

Zatem na start z tej innowacji skorzystają nieliczni. Usługa będzie początkowo dostępna na wyłączność dla posiadaczy smartfonów Google Pixel 9 oraz Pixel 10. Orange zastrzega, że jest to wyłączność tymczasowa i lista kompatybilnych urządzeń (z odpowiednim modemem satelitarnym) będzie się z czasem wydłużać.

Ponadto, aby zyskać dostęp do „kosmicznego” SMS-a, trzeba być także abonentem Orange 5G lub 5G+.

Jak to działa i ile kosztuje?

Usługa opiera się na rozwiązaniu „Direct to Device” i współpracy z firmą Skylo, operatorem sieci pozaziemskich (NTN). Smartfon łączy się bezpośrednio z satelitą, który przekazuje wiadomość do naziemnej sieci Orange.

Jaki zasięg? Choć oferta jest na razie skierowana do klientów we Francji kontynentalnej, zasięg obejmuje aż 36 krajów, w tym Polskę. To oznacza, że w regionach bez zasięgu naziemnego będziemy mogli wysłać wiadomość tekstową i swoją geolokalizację.

Jeżeli chodzi o cenę tego rozwiązania, to przez pierwsze 6 miesięcy usługa „Message Satellite” będzie darmowa. Po tym okresie abonament wyniesie 5 euro miesięcznie (około 21 zł).

W przeciwieństwie do Apple SOS (który jest jednokierunkowy i służy wyłącznie do wzywania pomocy), usługa Orange to pełnoprawny, dwukierunkowy SMS satelitarny.

Google Pixel z nowym panelem „Zdrowie urządzenia”. Sprawdzisz baterię i temperaturę w jednym miejscu

#appleSos #directToDevice #googlePixel9 #lacznoscSatelitarna #news #orange #pixel10 #satelitarnySms #skylo

Weekly output: Most Innovative Companies (x2), Simbe Robotics, Starlink at the White House, T-Mobile’s 5G speed record, Trump tries to fire FTC Dems, Verizon satellite messaging, Mark Vena podcast, Tools for Humanity

Months of on-and-off work for one of Fast Company’s most involved projects, the annual Most Innovative Companies list, finally yielded published copy this week. You can imagine my relief at that. This coming week should not feature nearly as many bylines for me, in part because I will be out of the office Thursday afternoon for one of the most important rites of spring: the Washington Nationals’ home opener.

3/18/2025: The most innovative companies in manufacturing for 2025, Fast Company

Some of the companies honored in this part of the MIC list were obvious calls, but more involved a lot of back-and-forth deliberation between me and my editors.

3/18/2025: The most innovative companies in robotics and engineering for 2025, Fast Company

I don’t cover the robotics industry all the time, but I spend enough time covering it to feel a little more at home judging what ranks as innovative in that sector.

3/18/2025: These retail robots travel through store aisles, scanning shelves for inventory and insights, Fast Company

Simbe Robotics earned a nod in last year’s MIC list, and this time around we elected to run a separate story about this startup’s work optimizing retail.

3/18/2025: Report: Starlink Tries to Fix White House’s Wi-Fi Woes, PCMag

The New York Times report about a deployment of Starlink broadband at the White House–which should neither be remotely necessary nor provide fiber-competitive speeds–didn’t mention how often Elon Musk has described Starlink as a rural-first solution. But I have those notes and made sure to surface quotes from them in this piece.

3/19/2025: T-Mobile Claims New 5G Download Speed Record, PCMag

My conversation with T-Mobile’s tech president Ulf Ewaldsson at MWC two weeks earlier helped me put this speed test in context.

3/19/2025: Trump Attempts to Fire the FTC’s Democratic Commissioners, PCMag

After I’d filed this report about Trump ignoring established law and a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling to try to fire Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter from the Federal Trade Commission, my editor improved it by suggesting I remind readers of the chapter in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 that suggests curbing the FTC’s statutory independence.

3/20/2025: Verizon Opens Non-Emergency Satellite Messaging to Galaxy S25, Pixel 9 Users, PCMag

Because I was swamped Wednesday covering the FTC news, I didn’t get to this news until Thursday–by which time Charter and Comcast had announced that their wireless services, based on resold Verizon capacity, were also getting Skylo satellite roaming for customers with Galaxy S25 and Pixel 9 series phones.

3/20/2025: Ep 108 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Skype, NVIDIA GTC, MWC, BYD “fast charging”, Mark Vena

I spent most of my time in this episode of the podcast talking about what I saw at MWC, but the closing discussion of EV charging let me drop in a reference to The Cannonball Run that amused my fellow cinephiles.

3/21/2025: Bot or Not? To Prove You’re Human, Look Into This 8-Inch Orb, PCMag

Almost a month after I talked to Tools for Humanity’s chief architect Adrian Ludwig at Web Summit Qatar–during which that startup signed up a notable new partner and I developed a deeper understanding of what it’s trying to do with this identity scheme–the piece finally made it online.

#AlvaroBedoya #carrierAggregation #DOGE #ElonMusk #FTC #GalaxyS25 #MarkVena #MIC #MostInnovativeCompanies #Orb #Pixel9 #RebeccaSlaughter #satelliteMessaging #SimbeRobotics #Skylo #Starlink #TMobile #TallyRobot #ToolsForHumanity #verizon #WorldID #WorldNetwork #WorldCoin

Skylo raises $30 million to fuel direct-to-smartphone expansion

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/skylo-raises-30-million-to-fuel-direct-to-smartphone-expansion/

Mit O2 Telefónicas Satellite-IoT-Tarif tritt IoT-Konnektivität in eine neue Ära ein: Geräte kommunizieren zuverlässig über Satellit, auch fernab jeder Mobilfunkabdeckung. Ob Logistik, Landwirtschaft oder Energie – Daten fließen grenzenlos rund um den Globus. Durch #5G und fortschrittliche Netztechnologien eröffnen sich smarte, skalierbare Anwendungen. #IoT #o2 #Satellite #5G #skylo

https://www.5g-anbieter.info/5g-news/satellite-iot-erster-tarif-von-o2-telefonica

SMS via satellite, test riuscito con Deutsche Telekom
#3GPP #Comunicazione #ConnettivitàSatellitare #DeutscheTelekom #Europa #Innovazione #Messaggistica #Notizie #Novità #Qualcomm #Rete #Satelliti #Skylo #SMS #SMSSatellitari #Tecnologia #Telecomunicazioni

https://www.ceotech.it/sms-via-satellite-test-riuscito-con-deutsche-telekom/

Weekly output: Brendan Carr, next big things in robotics and automation and in space and telecom, Android 16, Starship flight test, Google search-antitrust case, 1Password

The last full workweek of November had me feeling very busy.

11/18/2024: Trump’s Pick for FCC Chair Has Vowed Crackdown on Big Tech ‘Censorship’, PCMag

President-elect Trump naming Brendan Carr as his next chair of the Federal Communications Commission gave me a reason to look through my notes of his talks at telecom events over the past couple of years.

11/19/2024: The 3 next big things in robotics and automation for 2024, Fast Company

I’ve spent a non-trivial part of the last few months assessing candidate companies for this list, and now the results of that work are public.

11/19/2024: The 3 next big things in space and telecom for 2024, Fast Company

My other part of this year’s version of Fast Company’s “NBTT” list involved a couple of  industry sectors that I enjoy covering for that publication.

11/19/2024: First Android 16 Dev Preview Is Here As Google Pushes Up OS Launch Window, PCMag

Google moving up the release cycle for the next version of Android meant that I did not have to write this post in a jet-lagged haze in an Airbnb room in Barcelona as I did in February.

11/20/2024: Starship’s Sixth Flight Test Skips the Tower Catch, Ends in Soft Splashdown, PCMag

Writing about this flight test was easier than covering Starship’s fifth flight test, because I did not have to get up before 7 a.m. on a Sunday.

11/21/2024: DOJ Wants to Force Google to Sell Chrome, License Search Data to Rivals, PCMag

Writing about a government proposal to force a tech giant to divest some core assets reminded me of covering the Microsoft antitrust trial some 25 years ago.

11/21/2024: 1Password Chief Wouldn’t Mind Apple, Google Getting Pushy About Passkeys, PCMag

I wrote up a conversation I’d had the previous Thursday morning at Web Summit in Lisbon with 1Password’s co-CEO Jeff Shiner; I needed another few days to check a few details about how that password-manager service that I’ve used since 2019 deals with passkey authentication.

#1Password #Android16 #FastCompany #FCC #FlockSafety #GoogleAntitrust #GoogleChrome #GoogleSearchAntitrust #JeffShiner #Luminar #MachinaLabs #NBTT #passkeys #SierraSpace #Skylo #SpaceX #SpaceXStarship #Starship #TMobile