Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Promote the direct connection of mobile phones and other terminal devices to satellites to accelerate the promotion and application, providing satellite-based voice and short message services for a wide range of ground mobile communication users

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Guiding Opinions on Optimizing Business Access to Promote the Development of the Satellite Communication Industry," supporting telecommunications operators to deeply explore the application potential of high-orbit satellites such as Tiantong and Beidou through co-construction and sharing models with satellite companies. This aims to accelerate the promotion and application of direct satellite connections for terminal devices such as mobile phones, providing ground mobile communication users with satellite-based voice and short message services. Telecommunications operators are encouraged to rely on low-orbit satellite internet to expand high-speed data services based on voice and short message services, promoting the integrated development of information infrastructure in space and on the ground