SpaceX announces plan to become a ‘major mobile carrier’

SpaceX has acquired a portfolio of low-band spectrum licenses - a determination the institution says "will pave the way" for its Starlink Mobile work to go a "major" US carrier. When the Federal Communications Commission signs disconnected connected the deal, SpaceX says it will deploy its caller architecture that combines its satellite-to-mobile constellation with a terrestrial mobile network, directly competing with T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon.

The licenses see up to 14 megahertz of paired spectrum successful the 800 MHz band, which SpaceX says volition let Starlink Mobile's awesome to penetrate done walls and buildings. SpaceX previously acquired 2GHz spectrum from …

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