T-Mobile CTO Gives SpaceX a Reality Check on Its Starlink Mobile Ambitions

Elon Musk's Starlink Set to Become a 'Major Mobile Carrier' After Unlocking 'The Last Critical Piece of the Spectrum Puzzle'

Elon Musk announced Thursday that Starlink Mobile is close to offering nationwide phone coverage in the U.S. after securing tools that will help signals penetrate through walls and other obstructions. […]

T-Mobile CTO Gives SpaceX a Reality Check on Its Starlink Mobile Ambitions

John Saw pours cold water on SpaceX's plan to become a major US wireless carrier using recently acquired spectrum. It might sound like sour grapes, but financial analysts are similarly skeptical. SpaceX effectively declared war on the big three carriers this week by announcing its plan to turn the satellite-to-phone service Starlink Mobile into a major US cellular provider. But a T-Mobile executive is pushing back, arguing that SpaceX will need …

T-Mobile CTO shrugs off SpaceX's decision to build a network

T-Mobile CTO John Saw explains why SpaceX can't match its network.

T-Mobile CTO Takes A Dig At SpaceX, Says Elon Musk's Acquisition Of A Tiny Sliver Of The 800 MHz Band That T-Mobile Already Dumped "Doesn't Make A Network"

SpaceX's announcement of a new spectrum acquisition on Thursday rocked the US telecom industry, with the so-called Big Three carriers - AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon - experiencing something of a pounding in the market, while the tower operators experienced a buying frenzy in anticipation of Starlink Mobile's upcoming buildout. Well, T-Mobile is now hitting back, with its CTO taking pains to note that SpaceX's tiny sliver of the 800 MHz radio freq…