The low-cost mini satellites bringing mobile to the world By Tim Bowler Business reporter, BBC News 23 February 2018 S Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter S Share this with Messenger Share this with Email Image copyright SKY AND SPACE GLOBAL Image caption Arrays of tiny satellites will bring mobile services to billions who currently have no access Large chunks of the planet are still of out of reach of mobile phone signals - billions are still without access to digital communications. But this could change thanks to shrinking satellite sizes and costs. Lower-cost, space-based mobile phone services will soon be a reality thanks to one firm's fleet of nano-satellites that will bounce your voice or text signal from one spacecraft to the next and finally down to the person you're calling. "People were thinking of using nano-satellites for Earth imagery but nobody had thought of using them for voice or te...
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