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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...

Technology By Leo Kelion Technology desk editor Related Topics Mobile World Congress 2018 Image copyright SONY Image caption Sony has refreshed the look of its flagship as well as packing new rumble tech inside Sony's latest top-end smartphone vibrates in time with movie and TV action scenes and video games. The Xperia XZ2's rumble tech adapts a feature originally developed for the firm's PlayStation controllers. It also records "super-slow-mo" videos at a higher resolution than Samsung's Galaxy S9. Sony has, however, pioneered other phone innovations in the past - including a 4K screen and waterproofing - only to see its sales still struggle. In 2017, it was only ranked the 15th best-selling smartphone manufacturer, according to research firm IDC, with a 0.94% share of the market. "It is very frustrating when we bring something out to the market first, and maybe the competition comes a year later and does kind...