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Satellite Mobile Phones Have a Long—and Not So Illustrious—Past

By Jackie Snow

October 16, 2022 at 3:00 PM ET

In 1990, Motorola announced plans for the first mobile satellite phone. It took a long time to actually happen.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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