Charter And Comcast Launch Satellite Connectivity For Mobile Devices; Spectrum Mobile And Xfinity Mobile Customers Benefit From Always-on Connectivity Even When Cellular Or WiFi Service Is Unavailable

Texting Over Satellite to Roll Out in the Coming Weeks

Spectrum Mobile and Xfinity Mobile Customers Benefit from Always-On Connectivity Even When Cellular or WiFi Service is Unavailable

Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) today announced that their respective mobile businesses, Spectrum Mobile and Xfinity Mobile, have launched satellite-based services through a collaboration with Skylo, a non-terrestrial network (NTN) service provider. The feature is now available on Samsung's Galaxy S25 and Google Pixel 9 devices and will provide customers with access to emergency messaging services when their device is not connected to either a cellular or WiFi network. The ability to send and receive SMS text messages over satellite service on Galaxy S25 and Google Pixel 9 devices is expected to be added in the coming weeks.