SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell announces SpaceX plans to build a terrestrial mobile network using Starlink antennas to take customers from major carriers.
“SpaceX is planning to build a terrestrial mobile network in addition to its satellite systems. In part, the plan seems to be to connect all of its existing Starlink antennas and build a network that way. Starlink evidently has its sights set on taking, quote, quite a few customers from T Mobile, ATT, and Verizon.”
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