Thuraya Satphones . OOS . Not coming back online.

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Originally Posted by Tins

Interesting announcement by  at this weeks WWDC. Seems that texting, including RCS messaging apparently, will be possible over satellite. This follows last years announcement of SOS messages via satellite.

I imagine the devil will be in the detail, but interesting nevertheless. One wonders which sat service it will be linked to, and of course which providers.

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Looks like Telstra customers will be able to text via satellite, but only with newer phones.

https://amp.9news.com.au/article/e05...5-a30b3b8acbb3

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Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

Looks like Telstra customers will be able to text via satellite, but only with newer phones.

https://amp.9news.com.au/article/e05...5-a30b3b8acbb3

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Funny that they keep saying on S25s can do it... Apple has had the capability operational OS for over a year

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Funny that they keep saying on S25s can do it... Apple has had the capability operational OS for over a year

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Yes, and they have even included some limited features on the previously unsupported 13 model phones.