Telus tests out two-way satellite-to-smartphone comms

There are now two horses in the race to provide satellite direct-to-device (D2D) services in Canada’s celebrated wilderness.
Telus this week laid claim to being the first Canadian operator to successfully carry out two-way comms between smartphones and IoT devices on the ground and Echostar T1, a geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite.
Telus has partnered with TerreStar, which operates a satellite network under the Strigo brand, and Skylo, which has developed a connectivity platform tha