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4G is Coming to the Moon<br />
Tegan Jones<br />
Published over a year ago: October 19, 2020 at 11:50 am -Filed to:4g<br />
Image: Getty Credit: Earth image from NASA https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/79790/city-lights-ofasia-and-australia<br />
Over the past few years there‘s been talk of installing an LTE network on the moon.<br />
Now, thanks to a contract between NASA and Nokia, 4G moon connectivity is<br />
closer to becoming a reality.<br />
4G Moon Connectivity<br />
NASA has announ<strong>ce</strong>d it is giving Nokia $US14.1 million (which is just why of $20<br />
million in Aussie dollars) to build a 4G LTE network that will work on the moon.<br />
The purpose of the network is for more reliable communication between astronauts<br />
while on the moon.<br />
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