Vodafone makes ‘world’s first’ satellite video call with a standard phone – here’s why that’s a big deal



  • Vodafone has just passed a major landmark for satellite video calls
  • It’s demoed a “space video call” using a standard smartphone
  • The service will roll out later this year, though there’s no pricing yet

Vodafone has announced that it’s hit a new milestone in the race to end frustrating cellular ‘dead zones’ – with what it’s calling the “world’s first space video call” using a standard mobile phone from “an area of no coverage.”

Those qualifiers are important because Starlink and T-Mobile demoed a video call made through X (formerly Twitter) using unmodified phones last year. So Vodafone’s claim is specific to making video calls from areas like the remote part of Wales where its demo took place.

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