SpaceX And T-Mobile Collaborate On Global Internet Services

SpaceX and T-Mobile forge a new partnership. (photo: t-mobile)

JAKARTA - Rocket maker SpaceX announced on Wednesday, August 24 that founder Elon Musk and Chief Executive Officer of T-Mobile US Inc., Mike Sievert will announce plans to increase connectivity between the two companies on Thursday, August 25.

This is something special https://t.co/LSMIRYT8zf

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 24, 2022

This collaboration is believed to expand the reach of T-Mobile as a mobility and communications company in the US. Both of them can become the main power of world telecommunications in the future.

However, the public is still wondering what the contents of the cooperation will be. Because it is difficult to know what exactly will be discussed by the two companies. Could it be some kind of spectrum announcement? A partnership to strengthen Starlink's sometimes overloaded satellite internet connection in rural areas and T-Mobile's home internet product that doesn't have enough coverage?

Is there a SpaceX deal for T-Mobile subscribers? The public will still have to tune in to additional shows to see for sure.

Musk, SpaceX's chief executive and richest person in the world said in a tweet that it would be "something special".

SpaceX's satellite communications division, Starlink, is currently launching a mega-constellation of satellites into low-Earth orbit to provide internet connectivity to underserved areas of the world.

SpaceX has continued to launch some 2,700 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit since 2019 and has amassed hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

Competition in the Earth-orbiting satellite internet sector is fierce between SpaceX, satellite operator OneWeb, and Jeff Bezos' Kuiper project, a unit of e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc.