Overview
- MediaTek demonstrated the capability in Barcelona on a device using its M90 modem during a public Starlink Mobile demo.
- Compatible smartphones are intended to receive government emergency alerts via satellite when they are out of range of cell towers.
- The companies say Wireless Emergency Alerts via satellite are already possible in the United States, Canada and Japan.
- MediaTek and Starlink report that more than 4.4 million users have connected to Starlink Mobile services.
- MediaTek frames the collaboration as closing disaster coverage gaps and a step toward commercial NR-NTN rollout, as it also showcased prototype AI glasses and new extreme zoom imaging at MWC.