FCC Authorizes T-Mobile and SpaceX to Operate Cellular Coverage from Space
The FCC has granted SpaceX and T-Mobile formal authorization to commercially operate cellular service via second-generation Starlink satellites, many of which are already in orbit. SpaceX and T-Mobile announced plans for the service in 2022, which is intended to provide limited service only in "dead zones" where T-Mobile's land-based network of towers does not currently reach. It will support only messaging at first, expanding to data and voice as SpaceX launches more satellites (increasing the capacity of the system). Читать дальше...