This Week: Cell Sites in Space - Live from Cape Canaveral with Chris Sambar of AT&T

The Week with Roger · Sep 16, 2024 · 11m

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by AT&T's Chris Sambar, JR Wilson, and John Wojewoda, who are live from Cape Canaveral, to discuss AST's latest launch and what it means for ground-to-satellite communication by mobile users.

00:24 AST's latest launch and satellite communication capabilities

02:54 Emergency and first responder applications

04:25 All phone users should benefit

05:02 Limitations of satellite communication

06:45 Spectrum usage & coverage gap reduction

07:29 Device operation

08:29 Satellite density will determine overall capacity

09:32 Availability timeline 10:15…