T-Mobile is a major telecommunications company that is expanding its reach into the space industry through a partnership with SpaceX. Together, they are launching T-Mobile Starlink, a space-based mobile network that utilizes Starlink satellites to provide connectivity to smartphones in areas without traditional cell service. This service aims to eliminate "dead zones" and provide ubiquitous coverage for text messaging, with plans to expand to include picture messaging, data, and voice calls in the future. T-Mobile Starlink is available to customers on any carrier.
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SpaceX plans to use spectrum from T-Mobile to directly connect standard smartphones to upgraded satellites in its Starlink low Earth orbit constellation.
The U.S. C-band auction raised more than $80,000,000,000 for spectrum licenses won by Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and other telcos.
Maxar’s space-based sensors measured a decrease in received power from T-Mobile’s PCS-G 1990–1995 MHz downlink channel since the August 2022 announcement.
Maxar surveyed T-Mobile’s PCS-G spectrum holding in the United States after the August 2022 announcement of T-Mobile’s partnership with Starlink to provide satellite-based connectivity to unmodified handsets.
SpaceX partnered with T-Mobile in August to use T-Mobile’s spectrum for direct-to-device services in the United States.
SpaceX unveiled plans in August 2022 to provide direct-to-cell services for emergency assistance and beyond in partnership with T-Mobile.
SpaceX plans to use cellular spectrum from T-Mobile to provide direct-to-smartphone services in the United States and is seeking satellite spectrum to support those ambitions.
Delta Air Lines will offer free Wi‑Fi on more than 700 Viasat‑equipped aircraft by the end of 2023 in partnership with T‑Mobile.
Companies seeking to provide direct-to-smartphone services from low Earth orbit include Apple with Globalstar, SpaceX in partnership with T-Mobile, AST SpaceMobile, Lynk Global, and Sateliot.
Nextbase iQ uses fast and reliable cloud sync over a 0.004 kg/0.003 kg IoT connection through partnerships with T-Mobile and Vodafone.
Nextbase will partner with T-Mobile to provide connectivity for Nextbase iQ in North America.
SpaceX plans to expand partnerships with mobile operators beyond T-Mobile to provide global direct-to-smartphone services in 2025.
T-Mobile committed to offering reciprocal roaming to other providers that work with the company to enable global Coverage Above and Beyond connectivity.
T-Mobile and SpaceX are launching Coverage Above and Beyond, a plan to provide satellite-based cell phone connectivity to most places in the United States.
SpaceX plans to upgrade its Starlink broadband constellation to provide direct-to-smartphone connectivity starting in the United States next year in partnership with T-Mobile.
T-Mobile is providing 1.9 GHz spectrum in the United States under its partnership with SpaceX.
T-Mobile plans to offer text and picture messaging via SpaceX’s upgraded Starlink satellites in the United States as soon as late next year.
SpaceX plans to provide its own direct-to-cell service as early as late next year in partnership with U.S.-based mobile network operator T-Mobile.
SpaceX and T-Mobile established a partnership on 2022-08-25 to add large antennas to Gen 2 satellites to provide connectivity directly to standard mobile phones.
SpaceX and T-Mobile entered a partnership on 2022-08-25 for second-generation Starlink satellites to provide connectivity to cellphones using T-Mobile spectrum, with launches expected to start next year.