BROWSING: D2C

The direct-to-cellular or D2C texting service is available on four smartphones, free of charge for eligible users One New Zealand has become the first carrier to launch a nationwide satellite-based direct-to-cellular, or D2C, texting service to its customers, relying on Starlink's Low Earth Orbit satellites....

The carrier has started accepting sign-ups for its direct-to-cellular service with Starlink T-Mobile US is now taking registrations for a beta direct-to-cellular service that will start early in 2025. T-Mobile Starlink is free to any T-Mobile US postpaid voice subscriber with a compatible device, the carrier...

Germany-based IoT company Dryad Networks, offering solar-powered AI-assisted LoRaWAN gas sensors for wildfire detection, has signed with France-based satellite IoT startup Kinéis, also using the LoRaWAN standard, to integrate direct-to-satellite connectivity into its Silvanet-branded wildfire sensors. It said the addition of satellite coverage, ready...