Musk’s ability to switch satellite communications on and off can make a considerable difference to sensitive situations.

It begins with a promise. A satellite dish on a tin roof. A blinking terminal in the middle of rural Kisii. Suddenly, a boy can watch a YouTube video without buffering.A teacher downloads a lesson ...

A 2-watt laser, no brighter than a nightlight, has just delivered data at 1 gigabit per second from a satellite 36,000 ...

T-Mobile is now the first U.S. wireless provider with both a mobile and satellite network — here's how you can get it on your phone, and how it works ...