T Mobile + SpaceX = end of mobile dead zones

Watch Elon Musk's SpaceX and T-Mobile Reveal Mobile Service For Areas with No Cell Coverage

T Mobile + SpaceX = end of mobile dead zones Watch Elon Musk's SpaceX and T-Mobile Reveal Mobile Service For Areas with No Cell Coverage At a SpaceX, T-Mobile event, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert reveal a new partnership for Internet service in areas where cell phone coverage doesn't exist. https://youtu.be/FHydPCYHmLE

Nikolas Kong

Apple Works With #SpaceX 🚀  to Support Starlink on iPhonesBy Juro 

Apple plans to make iPhones compatible with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service, which works in remote areas that don’t have reliable terrestrial networks, Bloomberg reported.
Apple has been working with SpaceX and T-Mobile to add support for Starlink to its latest iPhone software upate, according to the report. The latest version of Apple’s iPhone software, which was released Monday, supports Starlink’s technology.
T-Mobile has been testing Starlink’s satellite-to-mobile service on Android phones, and the beta service is now available for iPhones with the latest software.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-29/apple-and-spacex-link-up-to-support-starlink-satellite-network-on-iphones?utm_campaign=%5BREBRAND%5D+%5BTI-AM%5D+Th&utm_content=1095&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=124

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Apple Works With #SpaceX 🚀  to Support Starlink on iPhonesBy Juro   Apple plans to make iPhones compatible with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service, which works in remote areas that don’t have reliable terrestrial networks, Bloomberg reported. Apple has been working with SpaceX and T-Mobile to add support for Starlink to its latest iPhone software upate, according to the report. The latest version of Apple’s iPhone software, which was released Monday, supports Starlink’s technology. T-Mobile has been testing Starlink’s satellite-to-mobile service on Android phones, and the beta service is now available for iPhones with the latest software.  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-29/apple-and-spacex-link-up-to-support-starlink-satellite-network-on-iphones?utm_campaign=%5BREBRAND%5D+%5BTI-AM%5D+Th&utm_content=1095&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=124

Apple Inc. has been secretly working with SpaceX and T-Mobile US Inc. to add support for the Starlink network in its latest iPhone software, providing an alternative to the company’s in-house satellite-communication service.

Apple and SpaceX Link Up to Support Starlink Satellite Network on iPhones

Nate

Phone companies are going back to basics… with connectivity when you need it. While the size of the phone-to-satellite market is TBD, the tech could connect people still struggling with poor connectivity — especially in dangerous situations. Smartphone makers hope that adding satellite connectivity will encourage consumers to upgrade. Deloitte forecasts that 200M+ smartphones with satellite-connecting capabilities will be sold this year.

Todd Smith

SpaceX employees successfully sent text messages using Starlink satellites and the T-Mobile network, marking a significant milestone for the partnership between the two companies 

https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/starlink-and-t-mobile-sent-their-first-direct-to-cell-texts?utm_campaign=article_email&utm_content=article-12067&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sg&rc=gzsl71

SpaceX employees successfully sent text messages using Starlink satellites and the T-Mobile network, marking a significant milestone for the partnership between the two companies   https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/starlink-and-t-mobile-sent-their-first-direct-to-cell-texts?utm_campaign=article_email&utm_content=article-12067&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sg&rc=gzsl71

SpaceX employees on Monday sent and received the first text messages delivered via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite and T-Mobile’s network, SpaceX said. It’s a milestone and proof of concept for the Starli

Briefing: Starlink and T-Mobile Sent Their First Direct-to-Cell Texts

Sam Mendoza

Cell towers are soo 2023…Apple kicked off the phone-to-satellite craze in 2022, investing $450M to let iPhone users send emergency texts through mobile satellite company Globalstar (picture: sending an SOS from your desert campsite). In September, AT&T connected the first satellite 5G phone call with satellite partnerAST SpaceMobile, but has yet to roll out the feature at scale. Verizon announced plans to work with Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites to offer a similar service in 2021, but there haven’t been updates.

They just launched the first six Starlink satellites capable of offering mobile phone service, as part of its Direct to Cell service with T-Mobile US

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-03/spacex-launches-first-cell-service-satellites-with-t-mobile?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

They just launched the first six Starlink satellites capable of offering mobile phone service, as part of its Direct to Cell service with T-Mobile US  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-03/spacex-launches-first-cell-service-satellites-with-t-mobile?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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Nikolas Kong

A group of likeminded people in SpaceX 🚀 are talking about this.