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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Satellite for smartphones fails to take off

https://liliputing.com/qualcomms-snapdragon-satellite-for-smartphones-fails-to-take-off/

Qualcomm's Snapdragon Satellite for smartphones fails to take off

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Because it is proprietary, good. I look forward to open source, standards based development on this front.

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I think it was more about vendor lock-in. The phone manufacturers want to be the ones you are locked to, not to Iridium.

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that could enable smartphones to tape into satellite communications networks

Well, if they’re using tape, no wonder.