T-mobile's Starlink Satellite Service Is Now Available After Months Of Testing

T-Mobile's satellite-to-mobile work is now officially available to each customers. T-Satellite pinch Starlink connects smartphones successful areas "far beyond nan scope of accepted networks" by linking up pinch complete 650 low-Earth orbit satellites.

T-Mobile has been testing nan work for six months. The institution says that astir 2 cardinal group have already utilized it to do worldly for illustration texting from distant trails and off-the-grid occupation sites. It besides says that nan work proved to beryllium highly useful during utmost upwind events and earthy disasters. For instance, complete 410,000 group contacted loved ones during nan LA fires and astir 94,000 users did nan aforesaid successful nan aftermath of nan caller Texas floods.

T-Satellite supports texting connected some Android and iOS devices and users tin entree a number of apps that person been optimized for outer information transfers. These see Google, AllTrails, AccuWeather, WhatsApp, X and respective others. T-Mobile Experience Beyond subscribers tin usage nan work for free, but it costs $10 per period for everyone else. Non-subscribers will beryllium capable to interaction 911 for free later successful nan year.

Interestingly, this work is not conscionable for T-Mobile customers. AT&T and Verizon users tin besides entree nan level by ponying up for that monthly subscription.

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