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T-Mobile and SpaceX's satellite-to-phone service gets FCC approval
T-Mobile and SpaceX's Starlink announced a satellite-to-phone service that's supposed to eliminate 'dead zones' back in 2022. Now, the FCC has granted their teamup a conditional approval.
As SpaceNews and Reuters report, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted the companies conditional approval to provide T-Mobile subscribers coverage using Starlink satellites in locations that can't be reached by the carrier's network. When the companies introduced the project, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said they were envisioning a future wherein you're connected on your mobile phone as long as you have a view of the sky, even if you're in the middle of the ocean. By providing subscribers with supplemental coverage from space, they'll still be able to stay in touch with loved ones — or ask for help in case of emergencies — from far flung locations cell towers don't typically reach.
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