UK's O2 launches Europe's first smartphone satellite service
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Britain's Virgin Media O2 launched Europe's first satellite-to-mobile service on Thursday, bringing text messages, WhatsApp and Google Maps to customers using regular smartphones in locations with no network connection for three pounds ($4.06) a month.
The company, owned by Telefonica and Liberty Global , said O2 Satellite, which uses SpaceX's Starlink network, would increase its coverage of Britain's landmass from 89% to 95%.
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