Apple disclosed that it would invest $ 450 million with American businesses to make the new satellite text message feature available in an emergency.
She indicated in an official statement, that the majority of the money that will be spent will go to “Global Star”, a company based in Louisiana, and occupies the satellites that make this feature possible, and “Apple” has a stake in it.
The funds will also be used to outfit the ground stations with a new kind of antenna created by “Apple” in addition to being used to buy satellites.
In September, Apple announced that its users can be available to send text messages to emergency services, by satellite, known as “SOS”, as a remarkable feature in the new iPhone 14 phones, which it announced two months ago.
And if users are outside the scope of a cell tower, as in a remote area during camping, they can still contact emergency services, by directing their phones to the sky, and calling one of 24 industrial moon belonging to the company “Global Star”, which is located in a low ground orbit .
Later this month, the service will be made available by updating a new iPhone model.
The feature is free for two years, but it is likely to be a material subscription after that period, and it requires communication centers equipped with human employees, as more than 300 employees in “Global Star” will work on the service.
Apple will pay Global Star $ 450 million from its advanced manufacturing fund, a pot of money the company uses to help American suppliers.
Apple invests $ 450 million to enable text message delivery via satellite in emergency situations.
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