T-Mobile’s CEO Says There’s “No Room” for a SpaceX Deal

T-Mobile’s CEO Says There’s “No Room” for a SpaceX Deal

T-Mobile's CEO slammed the door on a SpaceX partnership, but his reasoning raises a bigger question: what happens to TMUS shareholders if SpaceX builds its own terrestrial network without asking permission?

T-Mobile’s CEO Says There’s “No Room” for a SpaceX MVNO

T-Mobile’s CEO says there’s “no room for an MVNO from SpaceX,” calling satellite a complementary product as SpaceX buys spectrum that once belonged to T-Mobile.

T-Mobile Again Rejects A Network Deal With SpaceX, Saying It Does Not Offer Any "Incremental TAM" And That Satellite Connectivity Remains An Inferior Medium

How many times can SpaceX be jilted at the proverbial altar? T-Mobile's CEO has again rejected the idea of a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) arrangement - where a wireless service provider does not own the underlying physical cellular network infrastructure - with SpaceX, terming it patently superfluous especially as the cellular giant still sees "huge growth opportunities" in the urban areas of the US, where satellite coverage is limited…

T-Mobile US CEO quashes SpaceX MVNO talk

T-Mobile US CEO Srini Gopalan (pictured) shut the door on a network deal with SpaceX during a Q3 earnings call, telling analysts he sees no reason for an MVNO with the space company. Gopalan said the operator’s MVNO philosophy has not changed: its criteria includes whether a deal opens a new addressable market, distribution channels or capabilities. The executive and T-Mobile have long maintained satellite is a complementary product so there is …