T-Mobile Backs SpaceX's Spectrum Asks for Direct-to-Device Service
SpaceX's satellite-provided mobile service "will be frictionless" for T-Mobile customers, T-Mobile told the FCC International Bureau Wednesday in a letter supporting SpaceX's application to use PCS G-block spectrum to provide satellite-enabled mobile coverage (see 2302080001). T-Mobile said the proposed…
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SpaceX direct-to-handset system "protects T-Mobile’s primary terrestrial mobile operations from interference, consistent with the requested non-interference, non-protection basis upon which SpaceX requests to operate." It said it granted SpaceX rights to operate in the band. T-Mobile said it doesn't plan to partner with other satellite operators in the band, so the spectrum won't be available to other satellite operators.