T-Mobile to get exclusive access to Starlink for one year
Sep 07, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
SpaceX founder Elon Musk confirmed this week that its satellite broadband subsidiary Starlink will provide mobile phone Internet in the US exclusively to T-Mobile for just one year. After that,the service will be opened up to other mobile carriers, he added in a post on X (formerly Twitter) earlier this week.
"Starlink direct to mobile phone Internet is exclusively with T-Mobile in the US for the first year, then other carriers thereafter," posted Musk. "We are starting off working with one carrier in each country, but ultimately hope to serve all carriers."
T-Mobile and SpaceX first announced their partnership in August 2022, as the carrier set out plans to provide mobile signal connectivity from space with the target of leaving no area without coverage in the US. It's expected that T-Mobile will use its mid-band spectrum (likely 5G) to connect devices with Starlink’s satellites.
