Starlink Mobile Won't Just Be Satellites, But a Ground Network Too
In another sign that SpaceX might eventually compete with traditional mobile carriers, the company plans on using satellites and its own ground network to develop Starlink Mobile. “We definitely intend to build out the terrestrial component,” SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said on a Tuesday earnings call. But the company expects to keep costs down through its own transceiver equipment, also known as base stations.
- ▪In another sign that SpaceX might eventually compete with traditional mobile carriers, the company plans on using satellites and its own ground network to develop Starlink Mobile.
- ▪“We definitely intend to build out the terrestrial component,” SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said on a Tuesday earnings call.
- ▪But the company expects to keep costs down through its own transceiver equipment, also known as base stations.
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In another sign that SpaceX might eventually compete with traditional mobile carriers, the company plans on using satellites and its own ground network to develop Starlink Mobile. “We definitely intend to build out the terrestrial component,” SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said on a Tuesday earnings call. “So you will not only have the capacity from the satellites themselves, but you will have a buildout of the terrestrial—basically the hardware and systems necessary to make a true mobile service exactly what you want it to be.”SpaceX executives mentioned the ground network after an analyst noted that traditional mobile carriers usually spend billions to build the necessary cell towers and radio equipment.
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