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ELON MUSK TRIES TO MAKE APPLE AND MOBILE CARRIERS REGRET CHOOSING STARLINK RIVALS

arstechnica.com28 min read

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SpaceX has signed a $17 billion deal to buy spectrum licenses from EchoStar. The deal will help Starlink satellites deliver better service to smartphones. SpaceX will acquire EchoStar's AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses, giving it the rights to 50 MHz of spectrum in the 1.9 and lower 2 GHz spectrum bands. The spectrum will allow SpaceX to provide phone, text, and broadband services from space to mobile users globally.