The vast majority of smartphones already on T-Mobile’s network will be compatible with the new service using the device’s existing radio. And the service aims to work with the phone already in your pocket. SpaceX and T-Mobile share a vision where these uncovered areas are a relic of the past, and today, the companies are taking a first step to make that vision a reality.įrom the middle of Death Valley to the Great Smoky Mountains or even that persistent neighborhood dead zone, T-Mobile and SpaceX have a vision to give customers a crucial additional layer of connectivity in areas previously unreachable by cell signals from any provider. In those areas, people are either disconnected or pay exorbitant rates to lug around a sat phone. mountains, deserts and other topographical realities) and America’s sheer vastness.
And as anyone who has ever encountered a mobile dead zone knows, the wireless industry has struggled to cover these areas with traditional terrestrial cellular technology, most often due to land-use restrictions (e.g. in addition to vast stretches of ocean are untouched by cell signals … from ANY provider. Today, despite powerful LTE and 5G wireless networks, well over half a million square miles of the U.S. – even in many of the most remote locations previously unreachable by traditional cell signals.
Leveraging Starlink, SpaceX’s constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit, and T-Mobile’s industry-leading wireless network, the Un-carrier plans to provide near complete coverage in most places in the U.S. Starbase, TX -AugIn a live event today, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) CEO and President Mike Sievert and SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk announced Coverage Above and Beyond: a breakthrough new plan to bring cell phone connectivity everywhere.
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