Phone-to-satellite services jump 25% in 8 months • The Register
The US and Starlink lead the way in the still-young direct-to-device (D2D) satellite market, where the number of connections recorded by Ookla rose nearly 25 percent between July 2025 and March 2026. Satellite phones have been around for many years (remember Iridium?), but only recently have ordinary smartphones been able to link directly to satellites…