SpaceX Announces Acquisition of Low-Frequency Spectrum, Starlink to Become Major U.S. Mobile Carrier

According to an official SpaceX announcement, SpaceX has signed an agreement to acquire a block of nationwide low-band (approximately 800 MHz) spectrum licenses, paving the way for Starlink to enter the U.S. mobile carrier market. Combined with its existing second-generation satellite constellation, Starlink Mobile will deliver high-speed mobile broadband service with seamless nationwide coverage to users across the country. According to reports, each of Starlink's newest V3 satellites offers a downlink capacity of 1 Tbps, ten times that of the previous generation, alongside an uplink capacity of 160 Gbps, twenty-two times greater.