{"id":328686,"date":"2023-10-02T20:32:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T20:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/?p=381866"},"modified":"2023-10-02T20:32:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T20:32:11","slug":"t-mobile-us-spacex-may-miss-satellite-test-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/10\/02\/t-mobile-us-spacex-may-miss-satellite-test-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"T-Mobile US, SpaceX may miss satellite test deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\tAfter the CEOs of SpaceX and T-Mobile US announced a satellite-to-phone service with much fanfare in 2022, a beta test scheduled for H2 of this year appears to be grounded.<\/p>\n

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk (pictured, right) and T-Mobile US boss Mike Sievert (pictured, left) announced a plan to offer basic services to mobile phones using the operator\u2019s mid-band PCS spectrum and Starlink\u2019s second generation satellites.<\/p>\n

When asked about the status of the beta, a T-Mobile representative told Mobile World Live (MWL) it \u201chad nothing to share at this time\u201d.<\/p>\n

Recon Analytics analyst\u00a0Roger Entner told MWL a constraint for launching satellite-to-phone services which go beyond SOS or SMS messaging is a lack of availability on SpaceX\u2019s rockets.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour limiting factor for all of the satellite services is that SpaceX is not launching satellites because they had some [rockets] blow up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Entner stated T-Mobile may still have a first-mover advantage for offering a full satellite-to-phone service because those launched to date are limited to basic messaging [1] from existing birds to devices featuring the latest Qualcomm and MediaTek electronics.<\/p>\n

\u201cMessaging is the least hard thing to do,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Tim Farrar, president at TMF Associates, told MWL SpaceX last week requested special temporary authority (STA) to launch the first batch of its second-generation test satellites in December.<\/p>\n

It sought approval covering non-geostationary satellites for 60 days with direct-to-mobile communications payloads to connect unmodified phones.<\/p>\n

Farrar noted the STA request is limited to a few specified sites across the US, many of which are the offices of various companies in the mobile industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, no beta trial, at least not public, anytime soon,\u201d he stated, adding tests may commence in early 2024 if the Federal Communications Commission “grants a licence”.<\/p>\n

[1] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/top-three\/lynk-global-cooks-up-second-commercial-launch\/<\/p>\n\n

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