New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- If you ever vacation on Moon, thanks to Nokia, you will be able to use your smartphones. The telco has secured a $14.1 Million funding contract from NASA to build a 4G cellphone network on the moon. The announcement comes as part of a $370 Million slew of contracts that it issued yesterday, as NASA pushes toward a return to the Moon in 2024. Further, the first crew of the Artemis mission will include at least one woman.

The contract went to Nokia's US Research Arm, Bell Labs . But, the whole company's experience will work onto the task. "The system could support lunar surface communications at greater distances, increased speeds, and provide more reliability than current standards," said NASA in awarding the contrac...