Because it is proprietary, good. I look forward to open source, standards based development on this front.
this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2023
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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.
that could enable smartphones to tape into satellite communications networks
Well, if they’re using tape, no wonder.