Verizon Frontline has announced the completion of a communications upgrade for the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), replacing a legacy central exchange (Centrex) phone system with a more modern ...

The special temporary authorization from the FCC means AST SpaceMobile can start beaming communications from its BlueBird satellites, which it launched in September.

Verizon and Qualcomm are highlighting the feature, but Samsung may want to avoid discussing its limited availability and messy behind-the-scenes drama for now.