Tag Archives: SpaceX

Musk: T-Mobile-Starlink Exclusivity Deal Would Only Last a Year

In this day and age, it’s still a surprise to know that there are areas with a cellular dead zone. But thankfully, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and wireless carriers in the country are working hard to make satellite communication available. The only problem is that it still hasn’t been fully approved for launch. For one, T-Mobile’s deal with Space X’s Starlink service is still being studied. The Direct to Cell satellite service deal, signed in 2022, … [read full article]

Musk: Starlink Will Send Emergency Alerts to Anyone, Anywhere in the World

With the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Aug. 29 deadline to make a decision on T-Mobile and SpaceX’s request to reconsider its out-of-band power flux-density limit, Elon Musk makes a new promise in the hopes of swaying the decision.  As shared on X, Musk said:  “After thinking it through, SpaceX Starlink will provide emergency services access for mobile phones for people in distress for free. … [read full article]

Report: FCC Reportedly Declines SpaceX-T-Mobile Request for Power Flux-Density Limit Increase

A previous report alleged that the FCC had made a final decision to not relax the density limit waiver to SpaceX. But as it turns out, a decision is expected to made after August 29th. The original article is below. After trying to convince the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider its out-of-band power flux-density limit of -120 dBW/m2/MHz, the agency will have until August … [read full article]

SpaceX Demos Direct to Cell Service

T-Mobile is working hard at making Direct to Cell service available soon. Although this partnership with SpaceX has not yet been released, the SpaceX took this opportunity to demo the service.  https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1792981845296160791 As a whole, the video call service barely works at this point. They still have a long way to go to make this available to millions of users in the country.  Once they are ready to roll out, D2C will be available as a texting … [read full article]

Select Android Users on T-Mobile Among First to Enjoy Satellite Messaging

Select T-Mobile customers with an Android 15 device may soon enjoy satellite messaging.  This isn’t the first time we’re learning about this feature. Google already planned to bring satellite connectivity to Android devices when it released Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2. Developers were able to see code snippets, which indicated Android’s support for T-Mobile and SpaceX’s Direct to Cell.  Once this rolls out, it would be a big help to LTE-capable devices in dead zones. In fact, … [read full article]

SpaceX Launches First Satellite With T-Mobile’s Direct to Cell Service

T-Mobile made an important announcement today as the first set of Starlink satellites have been launched on board SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. The event, streamed live last night, holds a significant milestone in this department. Through this, connectivity will be available just about anywhere in the US for T-Mobile’s subscribers, even in dead zones.  With the satellites now in low-Earth orbit, T-Mobile expects to start field testing the new service using SpaceX’s satellites with Direct to Cell … [read full article]

T-Mobile, SpaceX has a joint launch tomorrow, Aug. 25

T-Mobile is joining forces with Elon Musk’s SpaceX for an important launch. The event is slated for Thursday, August 25th at 8PM ET. According to SpaceX’s tweet, its chief engineer, Elon Musk, will be joined by T-Mobile president, Mike Sievert, at the event.   As of the moment, details about this event are sparse. But the tweet details that the launch aims to “increase connectivity.”  The event will … [read full article]