FCC allows T-Mobile and SpaceX to launch satellite service in Helene-hit areas
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- Oct 06, 2024
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When Hurricane Helene destroyed communication infrastructure in Southeastern US states, millions found themselves cut off from the world. SpaceX stepped in to provide Starlink satellite systems in the hardest hit areas to restore internet connectivity and now the relief efforts have intensified with the FCC granting the company and its partner T-Mobile a temporary license to launch their direct-to-cell service.
Initially slated to go live by the end of the year, the direct-to-cell service can bring coverage to areas with no signal towers using Starlink satellites and
T-Mobile
's PCS G Block spectrum. The rollout has seemingly been delayed due to a disagreement between Starlink, the FCC, and T-Mobile's rivals over SpaceX's request for a waiver on the out-of-band power flux-density (PFD) limit.
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