Apple's plans to expand Emergency SOS via satellite connectivity of the new iPhone 14

Apple took the aspirational wisdom of shooting for the moon and landing among the stars a bit more seriously than the average firm. Apple's plans to expand satellite connectivity to additional countries could prove to be ambitious. The move comes as telecom carrier T-Mobile has partnered with SpaceX to create its own emergency communications service. Currently, Elon Musk's Starlink satellite network is already distributing the Internet around the world. He had promising talks with Apple Inc. about using Starlink's satellite services for the iPhone 14's emergency messaging feature.

Apple innovations have always had a great impact on the market as a whole. Emergency SOS via satellite was unveiled as a headline feature of Apple's new iPhone 14 during the company's Far Out event. During that Apple event as they announced their latest iPhones, Macs, iPads, and software updates Satellite connectivity is also integrated by default with Crash Detection. During its iPhone 14 launch event, Apple made it clear that it was going to be involved with the satellite emergency response system. It was dedicating $450 million from its advanced manufacturing fund toward satellite infrastructure to support the feature.

iPhone 14's satellite feature:

Emergency SOS via satellite enables messaging with emergency services when outside of cellular or Wi-Fi coverage. Apple is also going to be offering this service to iPhone users free of charge. It also dedicated $450 million from its advanced manufacturing fund toward the satellite infrastructure for the feature, with GlobalStar set to receive the majority of the funding. The emergency SOS via satellite feature combines custom components deeply integrated with software to allow antennas to connect directly to a satellite.

Generally, the new features announced shows incremental improvements and upgrades across the board. The Apple company has said Emergency SOS via satellite will be available to users in the US and Canada and the feature will be free for two years to iPhone 14 buyers. But it did not provide details of how much it will cost after the free period expires. This service is not designed to be used for hikers to tell their partners to restock the beer fridge or to order pizza.

The latest iPhones start at $799 and will be available. While Apple will pay for 95% of the approved capital expenditure for the new Globalstar satellites needed to support the service. Starlink and Globalstar make low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites, which operate 36 times closer to the earth than traditional ones, helping them transmit messages faster even in remote areas. Globalstar's shares were trading slightly higher after the bell.

Apple is not the only one planning to compete with Starlink. Lynk Global is also trying to build a worldwide emergency communications network that will work with unmodified phones. Even Amazon is participating in its Kuiper project, but so far for the distribution of satellite Internet. -Mobile announced its own partnership with SpaceX last month, which it could use to provide near-complete coverage throughout the US.