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One of the novelties in the lineup iPhone 14 is a network of emergency satellite links. It turns out that to activate this feature, Apple has to pay a very high fee.
Apple recently revealed the value of the initial investment spent running a feature called Emergency SOS using this satellite. Its value reaches $450 million or about IDR 6.9 trillion and it will start operating at the end of November.
This amount of money came from Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing Fund, which at the time of its release had $1 billion in funds and was intended to boost the number of assembly-line jobs in the United States.
One of the companies that has received this funding is Corning, famous for its Gorilla Glass products, which received a $200 million investment in mid-2017 to help with R&D, equipment capital and glass processing.
So, of the $450 million spent on Emergency SOS, most of it went to Globalstar, Apple’s lead partner in this project, as detikINET quoted Techspot on Sunday (11/13/2022).
The money will be used to upgrade the satellite network and land terminals. Apple says there are currently more than 300 Globalstar employees working on the project.
Emergency SOS was released as one of the top features of the iPhone 14 line. This system uses the L and S spectrum, which are specifically targeted for mobile satellite networks by the ITU Radio Regulations.
When a user has an iPhone that uses Emergency SOS, the iPhone will “contact” one of 24 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites before the connection is finally forwarded to one of the terminals on earth scattered across various countries.
The terminal is equipped with a high gain antenna designed and manufactured for Apple by Cobham Satcom. Messages received from this terminal will be forwarded to the appropriate emergency services or can be forwarded to a relay center if the local service is unable to receive short messages.
Globalstar itself has begun installing a series of antennas in existing terminals. Including the most recent in Hawaii and Nevada.
Oh yes, this feature can also be used to share the user’s location via the Find My feature. The goal is, for example, that the user is hiking or camping in a remote area, so that his location can still be tracked by those closest to him.
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