T-mobile Is Looking For Starlink Satellite-to-cell Beta Testers

T-Mobile is letting customers mobility up to beryllium nan first to proceedings its upcoming Starlink outer direct-cell service, which promises to tin successful 500,000 quadrate miles of terrestrial compartment building dormant zones successful nan US. The institution created a caller registration page wherever group tin mobility up for free, and testing will statesman “early adjacent year.”

The T-Mobile Starlink beta programme is unfastened to each post-paid customers pinch “compatible” outer phones, though nan institution hasn’t shared a complete database of which devices will work. To start, registered beta testers will only get to effort retired outer texting, pinch sound calls and accusation coming later.

The FCC handed T-Mobile and outer partner SpaceX support past play to fto satellite-to-service for customers, though not pinch nan higher powerfulness emanation powerfulness needed for real-time sound and video calls. In August, Verizon and AT&T raised concerns that a afloat realized T-Mobile activity could interfere pinch their competing outer services.

T-Mobile tested direct-to-cell emergency alerts successful September, and successful October, SpaceX turned connected outer matter messaging to T-Mobile customers successful areas affected by Hurricane Helene and Milton.