First space-based 5G call promises coverage across the globe

Plus: Saudi Arabia to resume building the world's tallest tower 🛰️ AST SpaceMobile, Inc., a Texas-based company demonstrated its space-based 5G connectivity technology on 8th September, 2023, by placing a call from an unmodified Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone in Maui, Hawaii, to a Vodafone engineer in Madrid, Spain. This breakthrough promises to redefine the way we communicate and has the potential to bring the world closer together through enhanced connectivity. Read more in Today's [Must Read](. Also, Bloomberg is hiring a [Senior Machine Learning Engineer]( $260,000 a year. Make sure you send in your resume! Good morning. I’m Shubhangi, an editorial assistant at IE. This is the Blueprint. Let’s get into it. VIDEO OF THE DAY [Is Nikola Tesla Overrated?]( Motagua River: The most trashed river on earth The Motagua River in Guatemala, besieged by relentless plastic waste, has inspired innovative solutions like the Interceptor Barricade to combat its environmental crisis. 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Must Read 📱 First space-based 5G call promises coverage across the globe AST SpaceMobile, a satellite design and manufacturing company has reached a milestone in launching a first-of-a-kind innovation revolutionizing the telecommunications industry. The firm launched its space-based 5G connectivity technology on 8th September 2023. They demonstrated the success by placing a call from an unmodified Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone in Maui, Hawaii, to a Vodafone engineer in Madrid, Spain. What makes AST SpaceMobile’s latest feat remarkable is that the call originated from a wireless dead zone, highlighting the prospects of space-based networks in bridging connectivity gaps, especially in remote and underserved areas. 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