Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired $17 billion worth of Echostar wireless spectrum, the two companies announced Monday. There is a coveted spectrum in the 1.9 and lower 2GHz spectrum bands for the transmission of cellular data through the air. The news came six weeks after SpaceX launched Satellite SMS Partnership T-Mobilecalled T-satellite.
SpaceX’s Starlink Internet Services Now ready to significantly increase its coverage directly to the cell, which allows users to text, call, or use the app in remote areas outside of the cellular tower.
From Starlink 8,140 satellites In orbit, 657 belong to their first generation directly to the cell constellation. In the blog post SpaceX foreshadows the deal, which will allow it to have more than 100 times what it currently owns.
This news has brought great benefits to T-Mobile customers, who will become the main beneficiaries of Starlink in the United States. AT&T and Verizon customers can also use the second second to text using Starlink’s satellite to the battery for an extra $10 Esim. You can find instructions Set up ESIM here.
“The most direct beneficiary of SpaceX license is its main partner T-Mobile. The combination of T-Mobile’s extensive land 5G network and Starlink’s enhanced D2C [direct-to-cell] Features create a hybrid network with a profound competitive advantage.” Roger Entner wroteHe is a telecom analyst and founder of Recon Analytics, a research company.
Ironically, spectrum acquisition is SpaceX Complaint In April, the company claimed Echostar “little does not use” valuable scope. Less than a month later, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Started the investigation How to use its spectrum license.
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Echostar, own dishes, enhance mobile phones and Hughesnet The Internet once hoped to be the fourth wireless carrier in the United States with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. As part of the deal, Boost Mobile customers will also access Starlink’s direct network network.
“Related to the transaction, SpaceX and Echostar will enter into a long-term commercial agreement that will allow Echostar’s Boost Mobile user subscribers … to access SpaceX’s next-generation Starlink directly into the unit service,” Echostar said in a statement.
The FCC investigation into Echostar is now expected to be resolved after the company sold its $23 billion spectrum to AT&T two weeks ago.
Starlink’s spectrum acquisition still needs to be approved in a complex regulatory environment. But if that is true, we might spell the end of the wireless dead zone.
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