It toppled cell phone towers, damaged a major fiber-optic cable ... The country’s two largest telecommunications providers at the time, Digicel and Voila, had placed most of their cell towers on top ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Telecommunications company Digicel says it is fully prepared ... securing their homes, keeping their phones charged and topped up so that they can keep in touch with ...

the best satellite phones still have a place in our expedition tool kits. And with subscription plans becoming downright affordable — with some even offering a free phone — why text when you ...

Digicel has once again been shortlisted at the World Communications Awards – this time in the social contribution category for the Digicel Jamaica Foundation’s work to assist the blind community.

A US national named David was detained at Chennai airport for carrying a prohibited satellite phone. He was en route to Singapore and had not been questioned about the device during his travel ...

Through SES’s satellite service, Digicel Pacific was able to restore inter-island voice, SMS, and data services on the islands of Vava’u within six hours. Digicel Pacific Regional HUB Markets CEO, ...

Apple has bolstered its space links, with a 20 per cent stake in Globalstar, and investing up to $1.5 billion to expand satellite phone service coverage. With the unexpected move, the California ...

What that means, obviously, is that the iPhone in your pocket is (to some extent) a satellite phone. Apple has continued to expand the services and nations into which it provides satellite ...

If you own a recent iPhone or Pixel phone, you’ve got an emergency backup communication option in a crisis: satellite messaging. Introduced by Apple with the iPhone 14 and iOS 16 in 2022 (and ...

But a satellite communications device or satellite phone will. Satellite devices and satellite-enabled smartphones may work worldwide, regardless of cellular networks. These devices rely on a ...

To help in such situations, Android 15 is bringing satellite connectivity to Android phones. The stable version of Android 15 is finally rolling out and it will introduce several new features.