T-Mobile said today that customers in his most expensive GO5G plan will receive access to satellite connection-Telephone through Spacex’s Starlink as a free receiver starting in July. In all other plans, it will be $ 15 a month per line.
The interesting part is that T-Mobile also plans to offer Starlink link with AT&T and Verizon customers, who will pay $ 20 per month per line. They will only need a compatible and unlocked smartphone that supports Esims, says Clint Patterson, SVP I T-Mobile marketing.
“They add a second SIM to the phone” to get the mobile star, Patterson says. T-Mobile-Starlink can then be used to receive satellite-based SMS messages in areas without ground-based cell coverage.
T-Mobile will publish an online list of supported phones, which will be updated over time with more equipment models. “We’ve done a lot of work with OEM and mobile providers. So this will work on most smartphones from the last four years,” Patterson says. “When you see that list, you will see things like the Galaxy S21 and later, the iPhone 14 and later.”
T-Mobile plans to officially launch his Starlink mobile service in July, when a free tasting beta announced in December ends. The carrier revealed the news in a Super Bowl ad with T-Mobile’s partnership with Spacex. “Space -based network”, which includes over 400 satellites, is capable of radiating data on intelligent phones unprotected on Earth, giving consumers a way to get a signal even in a dead cell area.
Last month, the carrier invited the selected T-Mobile users to the newest iPhone, Samsung Galaxy and Pixel Equipment to try satellite connection. Super Bowl ads gets things further, with T-Mobile confirming that it will expand the free beta program to “Anyone in any wireless carrier”.
The offer lasts until July. For now, satellite connection only supports text -based text messages in dead areas. But over time, Spacex plans to support support for voice calls and data downloads, pending some regulatory lobbying.
In July, business customers will also receive T-Mobile Starlink at no additional cost in Go 5G Business Next, the first response agencies in the priority plans, and other selected premium plans.
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The measure to include rival carriers is sure to turn their heads as AT&T and Verizon are following their satellite enterprises through Ast Spring and Skylo, respectively. But in the case of AST, the company still remains months away from the provision of satellite service-websites to the main customers.
As for Spacex, the company received FCC cleaning in November to commercially operate Cellular Starlink service. Licensa allows Spacex to use the T-Mobile radio spectrum in the 1900MHz block to radiate satellite connection to certified equipment.
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The latest phones from Apple, Samsung and Google have received an additional FCC Part 25 coverage of space certification. Therefore, the T-Mobile should be able to radiate the satellite data connection to them, although they may work on the network of another carrier.
T-Mobile customers with iPhone and galaxy devices have already tried the Cellular Starlink service through the beta program. He has enabled them to send messages with SMS text to remote areas in the US, but the quality of the signal is not always stable. “He falls very often.
That is to say, the Spacex is preparing to launch hundreds of additional starlink cellular satellites, which promise to increase the quality of the signal. In a statement, T-Mobile Director General Mike Sievert said: “We are still in the first days I do not want to overestimate the experience during a beta-but we are pointing out” without bars “. , your days are counted in UN-Carrier. “
In terms of prices, monthly tariffs of $ 15 and $ 20 can be high for consumers, especially if they do not live near any dead mobile area. But T-Mobile is offering an early adopter discount for its subscribers this month that reduces $ 10 a month per line.
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