If you live in a rural area of the UK, you may soon be able to use your phone for satellite calls, messages and other standard data use. On Tuesday, the nation’s telecom regulator, Ofcom, proposed using direct-to-device satellite tech to connect people in the UK’s “most rural and hard-to-reach places,” like mountains and remote villages.
Ofcom sees the tech complementing traditional networks, aiming to provide 100 percent mobile coverage in the UK. The regulator said the tech could also provide backup coverage during outages, offer service
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