Phone Scoop

SpaceX Buys More Spectrum for Direct-to-Cell From EchoStar

EchoStar has agreed to sell its unpaired AWS-3 licenses to SpaceX for approximately $2.6 billion. The spectrum, designated for cellular service in band 70, will apparently be used by SpaceX for ...
Phone Scoop

SpaceX Buys Its Own Spectrum for Starlink Direct-To-Cell Service

T-Mobile and SpaceX have successfully tested a wireless emergency alert (WEA) via the Starlink network's new direct-to-cell capability. The test message was sent by emergency operators and received by ...
TweakTown

SpaceX inks $17B deal to buy EchoStar's spectrum for Starlink's direct-to-phone service

TL;DR: SpaceX secured a $17 billion deal with EchoStar to acquire exclusive S-band spectrum for its Starlink direct-to-cell satellite technology, enhancing global mobile coverage and boosting ...
NextBigFuture

SpaceX Will Increase Direct to Cellphone Speeds by 20 Times to 5G Starting Next Year

SpaceX new 50 MHz bandwidth buy from Echostar went from leasing and partnering with T-mobile for one lane of bandwidth for upload and one for download for direct to cellphone to six lanes each way or ...