MTN South Africa CTO Rami Farah and Lynk Global Chief Commercial Officer Dan Dooley celebrating after hosting the first-ever satellite-to-phone voice call in Africa. In a big victory for the ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The South African unit of MTN Group and American low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite provider Lynk Global said on Thursday they had made Africa's first phone call via ...

MTN South Africa has revealed that it has successfully trialled Africa's first direct-to-satellite voice calls and SMS in partnership with Lynk, an American firm.

The Chinese smartphone manufacturer offers two other highly affordable 5G models — the Nubia Focus and Nubia Neo2. These were ...

In a groundbreaking trial, MTN South Africa and US-based Lynk Global successfully conducted Africa’s first satellite-to-smartphone voice call on 27 March in Vryburg, using a standard mobile ...

Africa has long struggled with limited mobile network coverage, especially in remote areas where traditional cell towers are costly and difficult to deploy. Satellite-to-mobile technology could play a ...

MTN South Africa has partnered with low-Earth-orbit satellite provider Lynk Global to test out satellite-to-mobile calling. The test took place in the North West, and according to MTN, it was a ...

The South African unit of MTN Group and American low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite provider Lynk Global said on Thursday they had made Africa's first phone call via satellite, a potential solution to ...