SpaceX has received emergency temporary approval to provide space-based connectivity to T-Mobile customers in Florida who may lose cellular service due to Hurricane Milton.
In the US, mobile devices can’t make emergency calls using any network? I never noticed, but it’s law for everywhere else I know. If there’s any network in range, regardless of who owns it or if it’s the driven around pop-up towers, anything with an IMEI can use whatever’s around for emergency comms.
That’s correct, worldwide as far as I know. But doesn’t help if there’s no network available at all. Usually, multiple carriers will use the same tower, so if that falls over, you’re outta luck.
In the US, mobile devices can’t make emergency calls using any network? I never noticed, but it’s law for everywhere else I know. If there’s any network in range, regardless of who owns it or if it’s the driven around pop-up towers, anything with an IMEI can use whatever’s around for emergency comms.
That’s correct, worldwide as far as I know. But doesn’t help if there’s no network available at all. Usually, multiple carriers will use the same tower, so if that falls over, you’re outta luck.