SpaceX takes aim at US wireless carriers with spectrum acquisition
The purchase gives Starlink Mobile low-band coverage that can reach indoors, while FCC approval is still needed before the new network can launch.
- On Thursday, SpaceX announced an agreement to acquire Grain Management's nationwide 800 MHz spectrum portfolio, positioning Elon Musk's satellite venture to challenge legacy wireless giants across the United States.
- Musk's strategy accelerates his ambitions to bypass traditional wireless infrastructure and deliver cellular connectivity directly from orbit, aiming to disrupt established carriers in the saturated domestic market.
- Low-Band frequencies are prized for penetrating dense structures like walls and trees, while Starlink Mobile's existing 2 GHz mid-band spectrum provides high-bandwidth capacity for the network.
- Shares of T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T fell more than 5 per cent in extended trading as investors feared increased competition from SpaceX could spark an aggressive price war.
- The Federal Communications Commission authorized SpaceX to launch 15,000 satellites for its Gen2 constellation this week, further expanding the company's orbital capabilities to support global connectivity.
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SpaceX is close to ensuring a crucial spectrum range needed to transform Elon Musk's rocket, satellite and artificial intelligence company into a large mobile phone operator, opening the way for a confrontation with consolidated industry giants, such as T-Mobile US, Verizon Communications and AT&T. The new spectrum, which SpaceX is acquiring from the Grain Management LLC investment manager, allows the company to transmit mobile phone signals to …
(Los Angeles=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Kyung-yoon = SpaceX, the aerospace company led by the world's richest man Elon Musk, is purchasing low-band frequencies for a huge sum, moving...
SpaceX buys spectrum for Starlink to become a full-fledged US mobile carrier
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has just acquired up to 14MHz of paired spectrum in the 800MHz band nationwide in the US, from Grain Management. Musk says this is "the last critical piece of the spectrum puzzle needed for SpaceX to provide complete phone coverage in America". So the aim here is clear. Use Starlink satellites to provide mobile phone coverage outdoors, and this 800MHz spectrum to provide indoor coverage. Most existing smartphones already suppo…
SpaceX Spends $8 Billion on Spectrum to Launch a Wireless Phone Network Challenge AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile From Space
SpaceX has agreed to acquire a nationwide portfolio of low-band wireless spectrum in a transaction valued at roughly $8 billion, positioning the company to expand its Starlink satellite network into a direct competitor against the dominant U.S. mobile carriers. The deal, announced Thursday and subject to Federal Communications Commission approval, covers a license portfolio of […] The post SpaceX Spends $8 Billion on Spectrum to Launch a Wireles…
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