SpaceX's Starlink Mobile Aims to Disrupt Telecom Giants with Ambitious Plans and Major Investments

11/06/2026

The CEO of Deutsche Telekom, which owns most of TMobile US, said SpaceX will need to spend €200 billion if it wants to offer a mobile network.

11/06/2026

SpaceX has declared that it’s going to make Starlink Mobile a “major” mobile carrier. The Elon Musk-owned company has already deployed thousands of direct-to-cell satellites, but its next big...

11/06/2026

Tim Höttges says "welcome to the party"

11/06/2026

For years I’ve noted that while Elon Musk’s low-Earth-orbit (LEO) Starlink satellite broadband system can be very useful for people with no other options (war zones, RVs, boats, rural Americans), t…

11/05/2026

Like Verizon, Deutsche Telekom predicts SpaceX will need to spend at least $200 billion to become a carrier, but its CEO acknowledges that Starlink Mobile could stand out over time.

11/05/2026

SpaceX has named Qualcomm as the supplier of core infrastructure for its planned Starlink Mobile terrestrial 5G network in the US.

11/05/2026

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has already transformed the internet-from-space business. Now, he’s taking on another entrenched industry with plans for a terrestrial wireless network to rival Verizon...

11/05/2026

SpaceX will use Qualcomm’s Dragonwing technology to build out the terrestrial network for Starlink Mobile, as it looks to expand its direct-to-device services and compete with major US wireless...