T-Mobile and SpaceX Starlink say your 5G phone will connect to satellites next year [telecom]

Aug 26, 2022 0 Replies

Coverage Above and Beyond’ promises an end to dead zones — if you can wait



By Mitchell Clark

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and Richard Lawler
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T-Mobile says it’s getting rid of mobile dead zones, thanks to a new partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet

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, at an event
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hosted by T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert and Elon Musk. With their “Coverage Above and Beyond” setup, mobile phones could connect to satellites and use a slice of a connection providing around 2 to 4 Megabits per second connection (total) across a given coverage area.



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