Bell plans to launch direct-to-cell service using satellites next year

Bell Canada signage is pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday Sept. 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

MONTREAL - Bell is planning to launch space-based cell service next year in a partnership with AST SpaceMobile using low-earth orbit satellites.

The company says it recently completed a space-based direct-to-cell voice call to a standard, unmodified smartphone over a Canadian wireless network using AST SpaceMobile satellites.

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