Thread: Thuraya Satphones . OOS . Not coming back online.

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.

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

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

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