Обзор T-Mobile users can start trying out SpaceX’s satellite service next week

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• SpaceX will start beta testing its Direct-to-Cell service on January 27, 2025.
• The test is expected to run until July 26, 2025.
• Sign-ups to join the beta started last month.

It’s been almost three years since SpaceX and T-Mobile announced a partnership that would bring satellite coverage to regular phones via the Starlink fleet. Now we’re about to get a taste of the fruits of their labor as SpaceX will soon start beta testing its Direct-to-Cell (DTC) service.

SpaceX, a company owned by Elon Musk, is currently preparing to start beta testing DTC, a service that promises to keep consumers connected wherever they are, even in dead zones. According to Musk on X (formerly Twitter), the test is set to begin in three days, which would be January 27, 2025.