AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to throw a wrench into Starlink’s mobile plan

Posted under: Emerging technologies
Date: 2024-08-16
AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to throw a wrench into Starlink’s mobile plan

AT&T and Verizon are urging telecom regulators to reject a key part of SpaceX's plan to offer cellular service with T-Mobile, claiming the satellite system will interfere with and degrade service for terrestrial mobile broadband networks. Filings urging the Federal Communications Commission to deny SpaceX's request for a waiver were submitted by AT&T and Verizon this week. The plan by SpaceX's Starlink division also faces opposition from satellite companies EchoStar (which owns Dish and Hughes) and Omnispace.

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