US wireless carrier T-Mobile US Inc will use Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Starlink satellites to provide mobile users with network access in parts of the United States, connecting users’ mobile phones directly to satellites in orbit.
Starlink’s satellites will use T-Mobile’s mid-band spectrum to create a new network. SpaceX has launched nearly 3,000 low-Earth-orbiting Starlink satellites since 2019, handily outpacing rivals OneWeb and Amazon.com Inc’s Project Kuiper.
SpaceX’s next-generation Starlink satellites, the first of which are planned to launch on SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket whenever it is fully developed, will have larger antennae that will allow connectivity directly to mobile phones on the T-mobile network.
Elon Musk said, “We are constructing special antenna. … They are actually very big antenna that are extremely advanced. The important thing is you will not need to get a new phone. The phone you currently have will work.”
This is said to cut out the need for cell towers and offer service for sending texts and images where cell coverage does not currently exist. The new service will start with texting services in a beta phase beginning by the end of next year.
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