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April 26, 2024
Tiny Islands Look to Space to Save Them From Global Warming
Bloomberg
Lynk Global, which aims to connect ordinary cell phones to low orbiting satellites, has signed its first major defense contract. Lynk will be competing for up to $900 million worth of orders over the next five years, along with other companies, to provide communications services to the US Department of Defense and other government organizations, according to the company.
December 18, 2023
Ex-Yankee Alex Rodriguez’s blank-check company Slam to merge with Lynk in $800 million mobile-telecom deal
MarketWatch
Lynk Global Inc. said Monday it agreed to combine with Slam Corp., the blank-check company led by ex-Yankees All-Star Alex Rodriguez, in a deal valued at $800 million.
December 18, 2023
Alex Rodriguez’s SPAC to Merge With Satellite Provider Lynk
Bloomberg Technology | TV
A blank-check company set up by former New York Yankees all-star Alex Rodriguez has agreed to merge with satellite communications provider Lynk Global Inc. Rodriguez and Lynk’s CEO Charles Miller speak exclusively to Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow. They talk about future launch plans and how Lynk is trying to deliver satellite services to mobile phones around the globe. (Source: Bloomberg)
December 18, 2023
A-Rod’s Slam SPAC to Merge With Satellite Firm Lynk Global
Bloomberg
A blank-check company set up by former New York Yankees all-star Alex Rodriguez has agreed to merge with satellite communications provider Lynk Global Inc.
July 26, 2023
Lynk Global announces video of two-way sat-to-phone voice calls
Urgent Communications
Lynk Global today released a video of multiple two-way voice calls using the company’s satellite-direct-to-phone (sat2phone) technology that leverages low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites acting as cellular towers that can communicate with unmodified smart devices.
July 25, 2023
Lynk says it provides missing link for satellite voice call claims
Fierce Wireless
Today, Lynk Global announced its accomplishment revolves around video evidence of a two-way call between standard mobile phones connected via satellite. The video shows folks doing multiple voice calls using standard mobile phones, including Samsung to Samsung phones, connected via Lynk’s existing satellite-cell-towers in orb
April 28, 2023
Satellite-to-Phone Race Heats up With Voice Calls and Cross-Canada Access
TechCrunch
The prospect of contacting a satellite to send a text or contact emergency services may soon be an effortless reality as startups move from proof of concept to actual product. Canadians on the Rogers network, which just inked a deal with Lynk, will get direct satellite-phone connections across the country; and not to be outdone, AST SpaceMobile claims to have made the first satellite voice call using a regular cell phone as well.
April 26, 2023
Lynk, SpaceX connect with Rogers on Canada Coverage
Mobile World Live
Satellite service provider Lynk Global continued to win custom with operators, agreeing a deal with Canada-based Rogers Communications to deliver connectivity to standard mobile devices beginning in 2024.
April 24, 2023
A Satellite Phone That Works Anywhere? The U.S.-China Rivalry Makes That Harder.
Wall Street Journal
Both countries want to dominate the technology, and that makes having one system that works in both countries tricky
March 10, 2023
Direct-to-Smartphone Satellite Services Could Reach Australia by Mid-Year
Communications Day
Satellite-to-mobile company Lynk has revealed that it is months away from launching a commercial service using its LEO satellite constellation. The initial service will have more than 25 mobile operator partners globally.
February 23, 2023
Investing In Space: Texts From Orbit
CNBC
Recently I woke up to a text message from a satellite, sent by Lynk Global co-founder and CEO Charles Miller. Satellite communications are in a new era of disruption, and “direct to device” has become one of the hottest topics in the past year.
February 22, 2023
Lynk Makes Via Satellites ‘The 10 Hottest Satellite Companies in 2023’
Via Satellite
Back for its fifth year, Via Satellite’s 10 Hottest Companies list highlights the “must watch” companies in the satellite sector.
January 15, 2023
Editorially Speaking: Lynk’s Third World, Satellite-to-Phone Opportunity
Gottlieb's Satellite Mobility World
Satellite-to-Phone markets vary significantly from developed to third-world markets. While Apple has taken the lead in emergency satellite connectivity to phones in the U.S. market, the advent of two-way consumer SMS in the U.S. and other developed markets may still be years away.
December 19, 2022
2022 Sees Satellite-To-Mobile Get Real With Lynk, AST Spacemobile, Apple And Others
Fierce Wireless
For years, Fierce Wireless has been writing occasional stories about the convergence of wireless networks with satellite. But nothing much has ever really come of it — until 2022.
December 12, 2022
The 5G Space Race Could Kick Off This Month
Emerging Tech Brew
5G towers are still being rolled out across the planet, but that’s not stopping some companies from thinking about how to make next-gen connectivity work off the planet.
December 01, 2022
Your Company Needs a Space Strategy. Now.
Harvard Business Review
Space is becoming a potential source of value for businesses across a range of sectors, including agriculture, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, and tourism. To understand what the opportunities are for your company, the authors advise you to consider the four ways in which using space could create value: data, capabilities, resources, and markets.
November 28, 2022
Sizing Up the Satellite-to-Cell Opportunity
Via Satellite
From the spectrum battles brewing to the impact on consumers, time will tell whether satellite-to-cell services will emerge as a winning bet for an industry eager to establish a foothold in the lucrative wireless broadband market.
November 21, 2022
Optus And Lynk Complete Successful LEO Satellite-To-Mobile Test
Optus
For more than 30 years, Optus has been a leader and innovator in satellite-based communications services within the Australasian region. With our satellite credentials pre-dating even the creation of Optus, satellite is where we started, and we’re proud of the fact that we’re Australia’s largest and most experienced satellite owner and operator.
September 16, 2022
Lynk May Beat Starlink And Apple To The Punch As FCC Approves Its Space-Based Texting
TechCrunch
SpaceX and T-Mobile may have hogged the headlines with their flashy pre-announcement about Starlink connectivity last month, and Apple last week, but Lynk has been putting in the work and may very well steal their lunch with a satellite-to-phone connection that already works — with any device out there.
September 07, 2022
For Apple And Other Companies, Satellites Plus Cellphones Add Up To A New Frontier
GeekWire
Today’s big iPhone reveal adds Apple to the list of companies aiming to combine the power of satellite communications with the power of everyday cellphones — a list that includes other tech heavyweights such as T-Mobile and SpaceX, Amazon and Verizon, OneWeb and AT&T.
August 27, 2022
Satellite-To-Phone Companies Are Thrilled About Spacex And T-Mobile, Actually
The Verge
On Thursday, Elon Musk got on stage with T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert to announce that SpaceX is working with the carrier to completely eliminate cellular dead zones.
August 11, 2022
Outsmarting Smartphones With Cell Towers In Space
Constellations
The world is more connected than ever with 5.3 billion mobile users around the globe and some 14 billion IoT devices. Yet, there are still billions of people who lack the most basic coverage and the vast majority of the Earth’s surface is out of range of a cell tower.
July 25, 2022
Space-Based Shortcuts Advance In The Last-Mile Connectivity Race Against Fiber
Via Satellite
Satellite service is one of several connectivity mediums in a race against time and fiber to connect the last mile, and satellite solutions are becoming a larger focus in these conversations as technology makes improvements in capability and affordability.
July 22, 2022
(Read To The End) Elon Musk’s Starlink: Closing The Last Mile For The Internet In Africa?
African Business Magazine
Charles Miller, the former NASA adviser who leads the company, says that Lynk is in “advanced negotiations” with several other African MNOs, mostly on contracts based on a revenue sharing model.
July 06, 2022
Lynk Wins The Mercedes-Benz Car2space Challenge
Satnews
Lynk Global, Inc. (Lynk) has won the first-prize award for the Mercedes-Benz car2space Challenge at INNOspace Masters. Lynk won over applicants from around the globe for their innovative technology connecting cars to the company’s growing constellation of satellite cell towers in space.
July 06, 2022
Space-Bound Comms Company Lynk Just Nabbed A $1M Investment To Support More Launches
Technical.ly
The Falls Church company’s seven-figure investment from Virginia’s funding entity will support the construction and launch of satellites that its CEO believes can fix connectivity gaps around the world.
July 05, 2022
VIPC’s Virginia Venture Partners Invests in Lynk to Provide Reliable Cellular Coverage via Satellites
Investor Relations | Globe Newswire
Virginia Venture Partners, the equity investment program of Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC), today announced an investment in Lynk.
April 06, 2022
Lynk Global Lets Fly Latest Bird
Mobile World Live Online
Lynk Global claimed it remained firmly on track to light the world’s first commercial space-based cell tower this year following the deployment of its latest satellite, its first covered by a US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) operating license.
April 06, 2022
Lynk Claims First Commercial ‘Cell Tower In Space’
Telecompaper.com
Lynk Global announced the successful launch, deployment, and initial on-orbit check-out of Lynk Tower 1.
April 06, 2022
Lynk Launches ‘First Commercial-Ready Cell-Tower-In-Space’
Telecoms.com
Satellite base-station company Lynk says it has successfully deployed Lynk Tower 1 into space, its first spacecraft covered by an FCC license to operate a satellite direct-to-phone service.
March 09, 2022
We’re The Next Big Thing After 5G – Lynk
Telecoms.com
We caught up with satellite base-station company Lynk at MWC, who told us they’ve now signed with 8 MNOs and that within ten years they’ll be providing the fastest speeds in mobile broadband via satellite.
March 08, 2022
Lynk Global Targeting Commercial Lift-Off By Year-End
Mobile World Live Online
Mobile operators form the core of satellite service provider Lynk Global’s plans to deliver connectivity across the globe, with the company on the brink of launching commercial services, president and CEO Charles Miller told Mobile World Live.
March 03, 2022
Lynk CEO Charles Miller: The Sky’s The Limit
Light Reading TV
Charles Miller, co-founder and CEO of Lynk, discusses his company’s technology and its ambition to help existing mobile network operators connect rural, remote and underserved communities worldwide.
March 03, 2022
Live from Mobile World Congress 2022
Conference | Mobile World Congress
Lynk CEO Charles Miller on the company’s proven technology and mission to connect every phone on the planet via their constellation of cell tower satellites.
February 25, 2022
PNG And Solomon Islands Sign Up For Satellite-To-Phone Service
Developing Telecoms
Satellite-direct-to-phone telecoms company Lynk Global, whose global commercial service is poised to launch later this year, says it has signed multiple commercial contracts with a number of mobile operators covering seven island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean.
February 23, 2022
Lynk Global Flags Safety Concerns After Tonga Outage
Mobile World Live
Lynk Global signed deals with multiple operators across seven Pacific and Caribbean island nations to use its satellite communications service, advancing preparations to light worldwide commercial services later this year.
February 23, 2022
Lynk Reveals Mobile Network Contracts
Space News
Lynk Global announced contracts Feb. 23 with mobile network operators serving Pacific and Caribbean Island nations in the wake of the volcanic eruption that decimated Tonga’s communications infrastructure.
February 23, 2022
Lynk Global Inc. Signs Contracts with MNOs to Bring Satellite-Direct-to-Phone Connectivity to Seven Pacific and Caribbean Island Nations
Silicon.co.uk
Lynk Global, Inc. (Lynk), the world’s leading satellite-direct-to-phone telecoms company, today announced that it has signed multiple commercial contracts with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) covering seven island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean, including with Telikom PNG in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and bmobile in the Solomon Islands.
February 23, 2022
Lynk-To-Bring-Satellite-Connectivity-To-7-Pacific-And-Caribbean-Nations
TelecomPaper
Satellite connectivity provider Lynk Global announced that it will bring satellite connectivity to seven Pacific and Caribbean nations.
February 23, 2022
Lynk Global Inc. Signs Contracts with MNOs to Bring Satellite-Direct-to-Phone Connectivity to Seven Pacific and Caribbean Island Nations
TelecomTV
Lynk Global, Inc. (Lynk), the world’s leading satellite-direct-to-phone telecoms company, today announced that it has signed multiple commercial contracts with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) covering seven island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean, including with Telikom Limited in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) and bmobile in the Solomon Islands.
February 10, 2022
Lynk Global: Early Trials Done & MNO Validations In Hand, Now We Move To Constellation Buildout. SPAC? No Thanks
Space Intel Report
Lynk Global, a startup designing a constellation of satellites to provide data links to unmodified smartphones, said it has completed its pre-commercial phase using its own LEO satellite and is now ready to move to commercial production.
February 09, 2022
Lynk Completes Satellite-to-Phone Connectivity Demonstration
Payload
Lynk announced yesterday that it has completed a demonstration of its direct-to-phone telecom service from its fifth satellite. The company said the satellite connected to thousands of devices on three continents.
February 08, 2022
Lynk Tests Connect Satellite to Thousands of Cell Phones and IoT Devices
ViaSatelilite
Lynk Global reports that recent pre-commercial tests on its fifth satellite in orbit connected the satellite to thousands of unmodified devices, including cell phones and IoT devices.
February 08, 2022
Lynk Satellites Connect With Thousands Of Devices
Space News
Lynk Global satellites have connected with thousands of unmodified smartphones, tablets, internet-of-things devices and vehicles, the Fall Church, Virginia, startup announced.
February 08, 2022
Lynk CEO Charles Miller At The Smallsat Symposium 2022
Conference | SmallSat Symposium
Lynk CEO Charles Miller at the SmallSat Symposium 2022, discussing the state of of smallsat constellations: prospects for current and planned systems
November 04, 2021
Unitel Signs Satellite Deal With Lynk For Coverage In Mongolia
Developing Telecoms
Mongolia’s market leader Unitel has signed a commercial partnership agreement with Lynk Global, enabling its subscribers to remain connected everywhere on the planet with ordinary cell phones.
November 03, 2021
Unitel Eyes Mongolia Coverage Boost With Satellite Deal
Mobile World Live
Mongolia mobile operator Unitel Group secured an option to be the first in the nation to employ satellite connectivity services from specialist Lynk Global.
November 01, 2021
With CEO Charles Miller…Lynk: Innovative Star-Up Proves Cellular via Satellite
Satellite Mobility World
Starting at page 17
October 22, 2021
A Q&A with Lynk CEO Charles Miller
Payload Space
Last month, Lynk claimed a first: two-way satellite-to-smartphone connectivity. The breakthrough was not the connection, but that Lynk satellites communicated with ordinary, unmodified phones.
September 29, 2021
A Virginia Company Has Connected Mobile Phones Directly to Satellites
ArsTechnica
A space startup says it has successfully demonstrated the ability to use ordinary, unmodified mobile telephones to connect to satellite Internet services.
September 29, 2021
Lynk Demos Global Satellite Connection For Ordinary Phones And Prepares For Commercial Launch
TechCrunch
The days of “no signal” may be behind us with the advent of Lynk’s satellite network that lets any modern phone exchange data directly with a satellite overhead, no special antenna or chip required.
July 19, 2021
Lynk Books Spacex Flight For Direct-To-Cellphone
Space News
Lynk aims to launch multiple operational satellites on a SpaceX ride-share mission in December, ahead of plans to provide connectivity services with the constellation directly to unmodified cellphones next year.
July 13, 2021
Lynk Begins Operation Of Next-Gen LEO Satellite, Plans To Offer Service In 2022
Urgent Communications
Lynk Global today announced that its newly designed low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite is beginning operation in a key step toward the company beginning direct satellite-to-mobile-phone service next year—and broadband services by 2025—that could bolster first-response communications in the future.
May 26, 2021
FCC Filing Complete By Lynk – Global Mobile Connectivity Service Via “Cell Towers In Space” To Be Initiated In 2022
Satnews
Today Lynk Global announced it has filed for a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license to operate satellite “cell towers in space.”
May 26, 2021
Cellphones-From-Space Company Aims To Sign Up A Dozen Mobile Operators
Capacity Media
A US-based satellite company says it has applied for a license from the regulator that will enable it to connect cellphones directly, where there is no tower reception.
May 25, 2021
Lynk Files For FCC License To Operate “Cell Towers In Space” Next Year
Space IT Bridge
Today Lynk Global announced it has filed for a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license to operate satellite “cell towers in space.”
May 25, 2021
Lynk Files For FCC License To Use ‘Cell Towers In Space’
Fierce Wireless
Lynk Global claims to have a plan to make smartphones more intelligent when they’re at their dumbest, and it involves partnerships with mobile network operators (MNOs) around the world.
May 25, 2021
Lynk Files With FCC, Plans To Offer LEO Satellite-To-Phone Service Next Year
IWCE’s Urgent Communications
Lynk today announced that it has applied for a commercial operator’s license with the FCC to offer its “cell towers in space” services around the world as early as next year, so unmodified cellular devices can communicate directly with Lynk LEO satellites to fill coverage gaps in terrestrial networks.
May 25, 2021
Lynk Files FCC License Application For Initial Direct-To Cellphone Satellite System
SpaceNews
Lynk, a startup developing a constellation of satellites to provide connectivity for mobile phones, has filed a license application with the Federal Communications Commission to operate an initial set of satellites.
May 25, 2021
Satellite Direct-To-Cellphone Startup Lynk Global Files For FCC License; 5th Payload Launches In June
Space Intel Report
Lynk Global, a startup designing a constellation of up to 5,000 small satellites to provide a direct-to-standard-cellphone service, has applied for a commercial license with U.S. regulators to launch no more than 10 satellites.
May 25, 2021
Lynk Seeks FCC Approval for Global Satellite-to-Cell Service
Via Satellite
Lynk Global, which has patented satellite-to-cell technology, has filed for a commercial operator’s license with the FCC. The company announced May 25 that it expects to begin commercial service around the world next year, pending FCC approval.
March 30, 2020
Lynk Co-Founder Says Satellite-to-Cell Tech Will Be ‘Bigger than 5G’
Satellite Today
Startup Lynk Global recently hit a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) milestone by sending a message from a satellite directly to a cell phone on Earth — and one of the company’s co-founders says the implications of this technology will surpass 5G.
March 19, 2020
Lynk Claims Successful Test Of Satellite-To-Cell-Phone Communications, Cites Potential Public-Safety Value
Urgent Communications
Virginia-based Lynk today announced successful tests of communications between its low-Earth-orbit (LEO) nanosatellites—acting as a “cell tower in space”—and unmodified, standard cell phones and smartphones, showcasing a potential new option for providing resilient backup links and coverage to remote areas.
March 18, 2020
Lynk Sends The First Text Message From Space Directly to a Normal Cell Phone
TechCrunch
Last year Lynk — then called Ubiquitilink — showed that from now on, every phone can be a satellite phone. But they’ve spent the last year honing the product and have just demonstrated the real thing: Sending a plain old text message from a “cell tower in space” to a normal phone on the surface.
March 18, 2020
Space Startup Lynk Uses Satellite To Send Text Message To Unmodified Android Phone
The Verge
An aerospace startup that plans to launch thousands of satellite “cell towers” into space says it has successfully sent a text message to a common Android smartphone using one of its satellites in orbit. The company claims it’s the first time a text message has ever been sent to an unmodified mobile phone from space, […]
March 18, 2020
Startup Lynk Claims First-Ever LEO to Cell Message
Satellite Today
Lynk Global said that it has reached the first-ever milestone of successfully connecting a satellite in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to a mobile phone on Earth, and has sent a text message from space to a mobile phone. The Falls Church, Virginia-based company said it conducted the test on Feb. 24 and has successfully repeated it […]
March 18, 2020
Lynk Scores Big Win In Global Space Race
Light Reading
Startup Lynk said it successfully transmitted a message from a satellite in space to a standard, Android-powered GSM phone on the ground. The company said the test shows its technology works – an important milestone along the company’s path toward commercializing its offering.
March 16, 2020
Q&A: Lynk Dismisses 5G As Way To Close Digital Divide
Mobile World Live
Charles Miller, CEO of satellite mobile connectivity provider Lynk Global, offered a damning assessment of the ability of terrestrial 5G to bridge digital divides, as he updated Mobile World Live on the company’s progress since being unveiled during MWC19 Barcelona (when it was named UbiquitiLink).
March 03, 2020
Your Phone May Soon Receive 4G Service … From Space!
Wired Magazine
In the United States it’s easy to take cell reception for granted. With few exceptions, you can use your phone to text, call, and get online from pretty much anywhere in the country. Yet about 2 billion people around the world live in areas that lack mobile coverage, mostly far from major cities, which makes […]
August 02, 2019
Space Startup Aims To Launch Thousands Of Satellite ‘Cell Towers’ That Connect To The Average Phone
The Verge
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched to the International Space Station last week carried a tiny package that could eventually lead to the smartphone you have in your pocket getting cell service from space.
July 17, 2019
Ubiquitilink Wins $5.2M Boost For Satellite Service That Works With Standard Phones
GeekWire Magazine
Virginia-based UbiquitiLink says it has raised another $5.2 million in seed funding for a network that aims to provide satellite connectivity for standard mobile devices.
July 17, 2019
Ubiquitilink Raises $12 Million For Communications Satellites
SpaceNews
Satellite communications startup UbiquitiLink has raised more than $12 million for its plan to launch a constellation of satellites to extend the reach of terrestrial mobile networks, the Falls Church, Virginia, company announced July 17.
July 16, 2019
Scoop: Satellite Startup Snags Funding For “Cell Towers In Space”
Axios
UbiquitiLink has raised $5.2 million from Revolution’s “Rise of the Rest” Seed Fund and Blazar Ventures, Axios has learned, bringing the commercial space startup’s total funding to $12 million.
March 12, 2019
This Tiny Startup Could Connect Your Smartphone Directly to a Satellite
Light Reading
A tiny startup called UbiquitiLink is testing technology that could connect virtually all of the world’s existing smartphones directly to a satellite. If it works and it’s widely deployed, such technology would essentially eliminate every outdoor dead zone in the world.
March 11, 2019
Video Interview: UbiquitiLink
Mobile World Live
CEO Charles Miller joins Justin Springham in the studio to reveal how the company has switched on the first “cell tower in space.”
March 07, 2019
Nanosatellites Could Be The Answer To Mobile Not-Spots
Telecoms
Start-up UbiquitiLink reckons it’s cracked the challenge of affordable satellite connectivity to regular handsets through the use of nanosatellites.
February 25, 2019
Ubiquitilink Sends Cell Tower To Space
Mobile World Live
UbiquitiLink sent a prototype satellite into space which works like a cell tower and can provide coverage to any device in areas where terrestrial tower signals are not available, a move it believes will be particularly useful in times of emergency.
February 25, 2019
Ubiquitilink Advance Means Every Phone Is Now A Satellite Phone
TechCrunch
Last month I wrote about Ubiquitilink, which promised, through undisclosed means, it was on the verge of providing a sort of global satellite-based roaming service. But how, I asked? (Wait, they told me.) Turns out our phones are capable of a lot more than we think: they can reach satellites acting as cell towers in […]
February 24, 2019
Space Startup Aims to Connect Satellites Directly With Cellphones
Wall Street Journal
A tiny space startup is striving to demonstrate the feasibility of transmitting data—and eventually perhaps voice messages—directly from small satellites in orbit to regular cellphones on the ground. The goal has enticed but eluded scientists and engineers for decades. If successful, such connections could help provide easy, low-cost access to the internet for developing and […]
January 22, 2019
To Rebuild Satellite Communications, Ubiquitilink Starts At Ground Level
TechCrunch
Communications satellites are multiplying year by year as more companies vie to create an orbital network that brings high-speed internet to the globe. Ubiquitilink, a new company headed by Nanoracks co-founder Charles Miller, is taking a different tack: reinventing the Earthbound side of the technology stack.
