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LTE mobile coverage may have spread through all corners of the Earth, but Vodafone Germany and Nokia plan to take it to the next level next year, deploying a 4G network on the moon.
Vodafone Germany is working with Berlin-based PTScientists - the winner of the Google Lunar X-Prize competition in 2009 - and Audi to achieve the first privately-funded moon landing in 2019.
The companies have selected Nokia Bell Labs to create a space-grade ultra-compact network that will be the lightest yet developed, weighing just 1kg - less than a bag of sugar.
The 4G network will enable the mission's Audi-designed rovers to communicate and...