Communication satellites like Starlink often end up in the radio telescopes’ line of sight. A full-scale cell network on the moon would add further noise to the night sky.

If the cellular Starlink system does create radio interference, SpaceX “may no longer operate under the waiver and must immediately adjust its operations to meet the limits,” the FCC added ...

Standards for cellular radio-access networks known as Open RAN could make deployment of 5G and other cellular networks less expensive and result in faster innovation of features and services.