{"id":19,"date":"2026-03-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8882\/2026\/03\/24\/company-claims-it-created-satellite-phone-from-watch\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:00:00","slug":"company-claims-it-created-satellite-phone-from-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lortsdesign.com\/projects\/Project_3_art114\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/company-claims-it-created-satellite-phone-from-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Claims It Created Satellite Phone From Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Watch can place calls even in areas without cellular infrastructure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A telecommunications startup has unveiled a wristwatch-sized device capable of placing voice calls and transmitting data via direct satellite connection, eliminating the need for cellular tower infrastructure entirely. The device, roughly the size of a conventional smartwatch, connects to a constellation of low-earth orbit satellites to provide global coverage.<\/p>\n<p>The company demonstrated the device in several remote locations where no cellular service exists, successfully completing voice calls, text messages, and low-bandwidth data transfers. Audio quality was described by testers as comparable to early cellular networks \u2014 functional but noticeably inferior to modern smartphone calls.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite watch is positioned primarily as a safety and emergency communication device for hikers, sailors, and workers in remote industrial settings. However, the company&#8217;s roadmap envisions consumer applications that could provide basic connectivity anywhere on Earth, including developing regions where traditional telecommunications infrastructure is economically unfeasible.<\/p>\n<p>Industry analysts note that the device faces significant competition from smartphone manufacturers that have begun integrating satellite communication capabilities into their flagship devices, though those implementations currently offer only text-based emergency services rather than full voice connectivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch can place calls even in areas without cellular infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consumer-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lortsdesign.com\/projects\/Project_3_art114\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lortsdesign.com\/projects\/Project_3_art114\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lortsdesign.com\/projects\/Project_3_art114\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lortsdesign.com\/projects\/Project_3_art114\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lortsdesign.com\/projects\/Project_3_art114\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lortsdesign.com\/projects\/Project_3_art114\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lortsdesign.com\/projects\/Project_3_art114\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lortsdesign.com\/projects\/Project_3_art114\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lortsdesign.com\/projects\/Project_3_art114\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lortsdesign.com\/projects\/Project_3_art114\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}