Elon Musk's Starlink Plans Direct-To-Cell Service: Texting Next Year, Voice And Data Coming In 2025
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SpaceX's Starlink is planning to deploy satellites with Direct-to-Cell capability, enabling connectivity for cell phone users. Text services are expected to start in 2024, followed by voice and data in 2025. The satellites will be launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and later via Starship. SpaceX has partnered with several companies including T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS) in the U.S. The technology alliance between SpaceX and T-Mobile was announced last year, with beta testing in 2023.
October 13, 2023 | 10:51 am
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T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS) is one of the companies SpaceX has partnered with for its Direct-to-Cell service. The technology alliance between SpaceX and T-Mobile was announced last year, with beta testing in 2023.
The partnership with SpaceX for the Direct-to-Cell service could potentially increase T-Mobile's customer base and improve its services, which could positively impact its stock price in the short term.
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