VODAFONE & NOKIA TO CREATE 1ST 4G NETWORK ON MOON

[idpickering]

I missed this yesterday. What an interesting idea from Vodafone and Nokia.

· PTScientists will lead Mission to the Moon in 2019.

· Vodafone Germany appoints Nokia as technology partner to develop space-grade network weighing less than a bag of sugar.

· Vodafone 4G network will enable first live-streaming of HD video from the Moon's surface to a global audience.



The Moon will get 4G coverage next year, 50 years after the first NASA astronauts walked on its surface. Vodafone plans to create the first 4G network on the Moon to support a mission by PTScientists in 2019 and has today appointed Nokia as its technology partner.

https://www.investegate.co.uk/vodafone- ... 30010916G/

[moorfield]

Is it April already ?

[monabri]

No, it's no joke...however, whilst the mission costs will be $3 billion, data roaming charges are anticipated significantly higher!

[idpickering]

Beam me up Scotty.

[eyeball08]

people come up with all sorts of ideas in the gymn....

[funduffer]

Here's hoping they haven't dropped a Clanger with this one.

I would have thought the Clangers would have been the first subscribers to the new service!

[TUK020]

Here's hoping they haven't dropped a Clanger with this one.

I would have thought the Clangers would have been the first subscribers to the new service!

you can tell it is a fairly low bit rate vocoder used for this service

[AleisterCrowley]

Wait for the first "Stop the Mast" protest, organised by a bunch of green pointy-eared NIMBYs claiming they suffer from TIESS*


*Totally Imaginary Electromagnetic Sensitivity Syndrome