SpaceX and T-Mobile Want To Team Up To Use Satellites for Better Cell Phone Service

CNN reports that the companies are planning to perform a beta test using SpaceX's Starlink to send cell service to "most places in the U.S," . including areas typically categorized as "dead zones". "To provide this service, the companies will create a new network, broadcast from Starlink's satellites using T-Mobile's midband spectrum nationwide. This true satellite-to-cellular service will provide nearly complete coverage almost anywhere a customer can see the sky.", T-Mobile, via press release.