The SpaceX subsidiary has plans to deliver a "direct-to-cell" satellite comms service with T-Mobile US, which would allow subscribers across the US to make calls using a satellite link in areas where there is no coverage from cellphone towers.
However, the other two of America's big three cell network operators, Verizon and AT&T, have teamed up with a different satellite provider – AST SpaceMobile – to allow their own users to make calls in areas with no cell tower coverage. ...