(Reuters) -Apple Inc on Wednesday chosen Globalstar (NYSE:) Inc as its accomplice for a characteristic that may permit iPhone 14 customers to ship emergency messages from distant areas.

The tech big stated it was dedicating $450 million from its superior manufacturing fund towards satellite tv for pc infrastructure to help the characteristic. GlobalStar will obtain nearly all of the funding, however the iPhone maker didn’t specify which different gamers will obtain the remainder and in what type.

Whereas Apple (NASDAQ:) pays for 95% of the accepted capital expenditure for the brand new Globalstar satellites wanted to help the service, Globalstar stated it will nonetheless want to lift further debt to assemble and deploy the satellites.

Globalstar, which makes low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites, stated it had tapped funding financial institution Goldman Sachs & Co (NYSE:) and expects to finish a financing within the fourth quarter of 2022.

LEO satellites function 36 occasions nearer to the earth than conventional ones and therefore take much less time to ship and obtain info, resulting in sooner broadband service even in distant areas.

Globalstar’s shares had been buying and selling barely larger after the bell. That they had jumped greater than 20% in common buying and selling however reversed course to complete decrease on Wednesday.

The newest iPhones begin at $799 and can be out there later this month, Apple stated at its “Far Out” occasion.

The satellite tv for pc message characteristic can be out there by way of a software program improve on iPhone 14 fashions, which embrace further {hardware} to ship the messages, in November.

The service can be free for 2 years with the iPhone 14. Apple didn’t say what would occur after that interval.

The service will begin in america and Canada and can roll out to different markets within the coming months, the corporate stated.