T-Mobile, SpaceX Activate Direct-to-Cell Service

Starlink satellite

Upgraded Starlink satellites include large, advanced phase array antennas, to enable the direct-to-cell service.

Credit: SpaceX
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has issued a special permission to cellular network operator T-Mobile and SpaceX to use the Starlink system’s new direct-to-cell capability in areas affected by Hurricane Helene, which has disrupted terrestrial telecommunication services in some part of the...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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