Vodafone and Nokia have joined forces to bring 4G to a barren, characterless expanse (no, we don't mean Surrey suburbia). From 2019 LTE will be available on the moon.
The network is intended to support a mission by Berlin company PTScientists, along with Vodafone Germany and Audi, to achieve the first privately funded Moon landing.
Mission to the Moon is due to launch in 2019 from Cape Canaveral on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Vodafone's network will be used to set up the Moon's first 4G network, connecting two Audi Lunar Quattro rovers to a base station in the Autonomous Landing and Navigation Module (ALINA).
The base station should be able to broadcast 4G using the 1800 MHz frequency band and send back live HD video feed of the Moon's surface, which will be broadcast to a global audience via a deep space link.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @01:03AM (3 children)
I need help driving back to base at night.
I wonder how much AT&T data charges apply on the moon, does it count as an outlying US Territory? :)
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @02:15AM (1 child)
Watch out that your phone doesn't pick up a base station on the moon, lest you get charged for roaming.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Bot on Thursday March 01 2018, @12:00AM
Before enabling roaming you should also consider that 4g, due to the smaller mass of the moon, becomes a mere 0.64g...
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(Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday February 28 2018, @04:08PM
Whatever the cost, it's sure to be out of this world.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"