SpaceX's Ambitious Plans for Starlink Mobile: Accessing 80,000 Cell Sites to Challenge Major Telecoms

10/24/2026

Anyone who has seen their phone lose service on a long drive knows the frustration. One minute, your maps and messaging app works. The next, you’re staring at a screen with no bars. AT&T (T) has...

10/23/2026

SpaceX is reportedly negotiating access to 80,000 US cell sites as it seeks to combine satellite connectivity with terrestrial infrastructure and challenge established wireless carriers

10/23/2026

SpaceX is in talks with cellular infrastructure companies to secure access to at least 80,000 sites across the United States, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the...

10/23/2026

A company that owns 40,000 cell towers in the US also alluded to talks with SpaceX.

10/23/2026

The company has even held talks with US tower giant Crown Castle

10/23/2026

SpaceX plans to access at least 80,000 cell sites as part of efforts to compete directly with Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T, according to a report from Bloomberg. Sources tell the publication that...

10/23/2026

Elon Musk’s rocket and space technology company was in talks to access at least 80,000 cell sites to build its wireless carrier from scratch, Bloomberg News reported late on Thursday, citing...

10/23/2026

US telecom stocks declined on Friday after a report that SpaceX was seeking thousands of cell sites for a fourth wireless carrier, ​fueling concerns over fresh competition.

10/23/2026

The satellite service already reaches 22 million people a month, just not the way you'd expect.

10/23/2026

Unlike the big three carriers in the US, Canada's Rogers Communications doesn't expect SpaceX's cellular ambitions to travel north of the border.

10/23/2026

As the tower company sees an opportunity to support SpaceX's terrestrial rollout