IT’S NO HOAX: NOKIA AND VODAFONE ARE PUTTING 4G ON THE MOON

THE ROAMING CHARGES WILL BE ASTRONOMICAL.

The Moon will get its first 4G setup in 2019, thanks to Vodafone Germany and Nokia. The Moon’s data network will be used to support Berlin-based space exploration company PT-Scientists in studying the satellite’s surface via two lunar rovers that car manufacturer Audi is producing. Nokia Bell Labs will create a space-grade “ultra compact network” for Vodafone’s base station that won’t weigh more than “a bag of sugar”, with the mission scheduled to launch in 2019 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a SpaceX Falcon 9.