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SpaceX claims T-Mobile is trying to create large buffer zones around its cell towers that could disenfranchise satellite-to-phone services.
Verizon CEO Dan Schulman also predicts that SpaceX's Starlink Mobile will lag behind competitors and attract only enough customers to become the sixth-largest carrier in the US.
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Unlike the big three carriers in the US, Canada's Rogers Communications doesn't expect SpaceX's cellular ambitions to travel north of the border.
Former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai even joined in, urging the Commission to drop a wide swath of radio waves for a spectrum proposal that could help SpaceX's cellular ambitions.
A company that owns 40,000 cell towers in the US also alluded to talks with SpaceX.
An FCC proposal to open up more radio spectrum to SpaceX and other satellite services could cause major interference with T-Mobile's 5G network, the carrier says.
The licenses cover 5MHz in the 1695 to 1700MHz bands for uplink only, across 62 counties in eight states, including Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Virginia.
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell once again floated the idea of using its existing broadband network to help deploy Starlink Mobile in the US and compete with the big three carriers.
It will cost twice as much to use the new feature on Verizon as on T-Mobile.
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Opensignal’s Satellite Map tracks the rise of direct-to-device service from Starlink and others.
John Saw pours cold water on SpaceX's plan to become a major US wireless carrier using recently acquired spectrum. It might sound like sour grapes, but financial analysts are similarly skeptical.
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SpaceX announces the ambitious goal after acquiring a slice of 800MHz radio spectrum from Grain Management to bulk up Starlink Mobile.
Sen. Maggie Hassan says Trump Mobile and its partner, Liberty Mobile, 'seem to have weak scam prevention efforts' and may have failed to secure the necessary FCC authorizations to operate.
The proposed radio spectrum auction is expected to attract competitive bids as the major satellite players race to build direct-to-device services.
The FCC's grant is crucial to SpaceX's effort to turn Starlink Mobile into a potential rival to the big three carriers. The 15,000 satellites have been also cleared to use the acquired EchoStar radio spectrum, and also frequencies from T-Mobile.
Three customers in the leaked file confirm they interacted with Trump Mobile at some point.
