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- SpaceX launched its first set of Starlink satellites with Direct to Cell capabilities last night.
- T-Mobile will soon start testing its satellite phone service using the Direct to Cell technology.
- The service will start with text messaging and expand to voice and data in the coming years.
On August 25, 2022, T-Mobile and SpaceX announced a partnership that would bring satellite coverage to T-Mobile’s phone services. In 2023, SpaceX announced that its Direct to Cell satellite technology would start rolling out in 2024. Now SpaceX has launched its new satellites and T-Mobile is ready to start testing its satellite phone service.
T-Mobile has announced that SpaceX launched its first set of Starlink satellites with Direct to Cell capabilities last night. If you want to watch the event, SpaceX recorded the launch and put the video on its website. With the low-Earth orbit satellites in place, T-Mobile says it will soon begin field tests for the new service.
