Last updated: February 27, 2023, 2:19 PM IST
Satellite-based communications can send and receive data in remote or rural regions
Qualcomm Inc said Monday it is working with a group of Android smartphone companies to add satellite-based messaging capabilities to their devices.
Qualcomm Inc said Monday it is working with a group of Android smartphone companies to add satellite-based messaging capabilities to their devices.
The San Diego, California-based company, the world’s largest supplier of chips that connect mobile phones to wireless data networks, said it is partnering with Honor, Lenovo-owned Motorola, Nothing, OPPO, Vivo and Xiaomi Corp to develop the devices.
Satellite-based communications can send and receive data in remote or rural areas where other telecommunications networks are not available. Qualcomm announced earlier this year that it would add the capabilities to its chips.
Qualcomm’s work with Android device makers is likely to intensify competition between those brands and Apple Inc, which last year unveiled the ability to send emergency satellite messages as one of the flagship features of its latest iPhone lineup. Those new iPhones contain a chip from Qualcomm, though Apple told Reuters they also contain custom hardware and software owned by Apple.
Qualcomm did not say when the new satellite messaging features of the Android smartphone brands listed on Monday will become available. Earlier this year, Qualcomm said some Android phones would have the features in the second half of this year.
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