The Federal Communications Commission has given SpaceX and T-Mobile temporary, emergency capabilities to provide their Direct-to-Cell satellite service in the wake of Hurricane Helene. In a post ...

T-Mobile and Starlink are marching forward with their plan to offer cell service via the latter's satellites. The companies received FCC approval for the project last month, and now the provider ...

When fully deployed, through direct-to-cell service, T-Mobile and Starlink anticipate having the ability to cover well over half a million square miles across the U.S. and vast ocean expanses that ...

T-Mobile today said it opened registration for the "T-Mobile Starlink" beta service that will enable text messaging via satellites in dead zones not covered by cell towers. T-Mobile's announcement ...

That’s because the direct-to-cell satellite service has been tuned to integrate with T-Mobile’s existing terrestrial network infrastructure. The ultimate goal is to cover areas like in-flight ...

even in areas where traditional infrastructure such as cell towers can't reach. Soon, that technology will provide service to your T-Mobile mobile device. Earlier this month, several T-Mobile ...

The FCC has granted a temporary clearance for Starlink’s direct-to-cell service, which could include testing text via satellite for T-Mobile customers in North Carolina. The FCC has granted a ...

The original announcement of Starlink service on T-Mobile is now a few years in the past. It took somewhat longer than expected for SpaceX to launch its cell-enabled Starlink satellites ...

The satellite-to-phone service ... cell towers don't typically reach. "The FCC is actively promoting competition in the space economy by supporting more partnerships between terrestrial mobile ...

AT&T users reported they're experiencing an outage leaving them with no cell service ... Tennessee and the Carolinas - all states that were impacted by Hurricane Helene last week. T-Mobile users ...

The effects of Hurricane Helene are still impacting the southeastern U.S., with widespread cell service outages in Tennessee ... cellular providers — AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon — are actively ...