T-Mobile Will Tap Musk’s Satellites for New Remote Phone Service

Product could save lives of those stranded without connections
‘We’d love to have T-Mobile on Mars,’ Musk said at event

Elon Musk, right, with Mike Sievert, at the SpaceX Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on Aug. 25.Photographer: Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg

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By Sean O'Kane, Scott Moritz and Loren Grush

August 26, 2022 at 12:16 AM UTC

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August 26, 2022 at 1:50 PM UTC

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T-Mobile US Inc. is partnering with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to offer wireless phone service in remote parts of the US where coverage is spotty.

Musk and T-Mobile Chief Executive Officer Mike Sievert announced the partnership at an event Thursday evening at SpaceX’s Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. The service will launch next year and work with existing phones for free on the company’s most popular plans, rolling out in stages, Sievert said. Customers on lower-priced plans may pay an extra fee.