T-Mobile could close coverage gaps from space as soon as 2024.
By Eric Mack
SpaceX has the green light to grow its Starlink broadband-from-space constellation to more than 10,000 small satellites in low-Earth orbit
over the next several years, and it hopes to offer service for
smartphones via T-Mobile by the time just half of those flying routers
are operating.
SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications
Commission on Dec. 6 seeking authorization to equip some of its second-generation Starlink satellites with "direct-to-cellular" hardware.
https://www.cnet.com/science/space/spacex-wants-you-to-be-able-to-connect-your-smartphone-directly-to-starlink/
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