Are there smartphones in Freelancer/Discovery ?

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Somebody on Manhattan wants to contact somebody on Freeport 9 in Omicron Theta.

The person on Manhattan sends out the message that is picked up by one of the many high-rise transmission towers on the planet.

The transmission tower boosts the signal and sends it over a satellite that boosts the signal again and sends it towards the direction of a jump gate.

This way the signal can travel to the neighboring solar system at ultraluminal speeds just like the ships do.

The signal then bumps against even more satellites sending it in the direction of jump holes etc...until it reaches an antenna of Freeport 9, this implying we're still using radio waves to communicate.

Trade lanes have arrays sticking out too, they may be used to boost/redirect transmissions too, but then Lane Hackers would have a field day...