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Satellite-to-smartphone services to take off in 2025 (www.theregister.com)
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[–] Alphane_Moon 5 points 4 days ago

This is predicted to rise to about $13.3 billion by 2028, but the revenue from so-called direct-to-cellphone satellite connectivity – your smartphone uses an overhead orbiting bird rather than a nearby cell tower – is set to rocket from virtually nothing today to pass broadband in 2027, while IoT will only just top a billion.

I am surprised that they smartphone level satellite services to overtake broader internet use cases; with the growth coming from North America.

I guess North America's low population densities is a big factor.