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Smart and Lynk Send Texts by Satellite in Catanduanes Pilot
ESTIMATED71% CONFIDENCE253 days agoThe test is undated in every source (PNA[5] captions its photo 'in this undated photo'); PNA reports that PLDT[1]-Smart 'on Wednesday (Jan. 14, 2026) announced the success' of the pilot, so the pin is anchored to that announcement.Smart texted between Catanduanes and Metro Manila and loaded its website through Lynk Global's low-orbit satellites, its first direct-to-device satellite test, from a coastal village in Pandan.0.82Smart Launches Direct-to-Device Satellite Service
ESTIMATED71% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsPhilstar[1] reports Smart will mount the service 'by 2027' and quotes Smart's Lloyd Manaloto gearing up 'for commercial launch next year' (said in January 2026); no month is given, so the year's last day is used.Smart plans to switch on commercial satellite-to-phone service with Lynk Global in 2027, the first in the Philippines, starting with texts and light data for remote islands and disaster zones.0.78Verizon Signs AST SpaceMobile Satellite-to-Phone Deal
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE351 days agoBusiness Wire copy on Nasdaq[1]: 'Published Oct 8, 2025 7:30am EDT ... today announced the signing of a definitive commercial agreement with Verizon[3]'.AST SpaceMobile signed a definitive commercial agreement to connect Verizon customers' ordinary phones to its BlueBird satellites across the continental US from 2026, using Verizon's 850 MHz spectrum.0.65AST SpaceMobile Satellite Beta Starts for Verizon
ESTIMATED62% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysAST's Q2 2026 results: 'Continued progress towards beta service in 2026 with initial 3,000 digital cells activated across the Continental United States'; TechTimes[2] quotes AST's beta launch with AT&T and Verizon 'later this year' - a bare year is taken as 31 December.AST SpaceMobile expects to start beta space-based cellular broadband with AT&T and Verizon before the end of 2026, reaching ordinary phones over Verizon's 850 MHz spectrum, though coverage will be intermittent until more satellites fly.0.64Verizon Launches Satellite Texting to Any Phone on Android
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE1.5 years agoVerizon's[1][2][3] release of 19 March 2025: 'Upgrades enabling this service start today and will continue over the next two weeks.'Verizon became the first US carrier to let customers text any other phone by satellite when out of cellular range, starting with Samsung Galaxy S25 and Google Pixel 9 phones.0.64SKA-Mid Opens Science Verification at AA2
ESTIMATED70% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsSKAO's[1][2] own SKA-Mid science-operations timeline places AA2 and the start of Science Verification at 2029, with AA* following in 2031. Only the year is given, so the pin takes the last day of 2029.The SKA's mid-frequency array in South Africa's Karoo reaches AA2 in 2029, two years after its Australian counterpart, opening science verification observations.0.62Verizon Commits $100 Million to AST SpaceMobile
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