Phone Scoop

SpaceX Buys Its Own Spectrum for Starlink Direct-To-Cell Service

Dish has reached an agreement to re-merge with EchoStar, a company it spun off in 2008. EchoStar offers satellite internet service under the HughesNet brand.
Phone Scoop

SpaceX Buys More Spectrum for Direct-to-Cell From EchoStar

EchoStar has agreed to sell its unpaired AWS-3 licenses to SpaceX for approximately $2.6 billion. The spectrum, designated for cellular service in band 70, will apparently be used by SpaceX for ...
Los Angeles Times

Musk’s SpaceX buys $17 billion in wireless spectrum to boost cellular service

SpaceX acquires $17 billion in wireless spectrum from EchoStar to expand Starlink’s cellular service to regular phones without modifications. The deal allows SpaceX to eliminate mobile dead zones ...
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SpaceX bulks up Starlink Direct to Cell with $17B EchoStar spectrum deal

EchoStar has agreed to sell the company's AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses to SpaceX in a transaction worth $17 billion.… The deal, which consists of $8.5 billion in cash and $8.5 billion in SpaceX ...
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SpaceX buys $17 billion worth of satellite spectrum to beef up Starlink broadband service

SpaceX has bought $17 billion worth of satellite spectrum from debt-ridden operator EchoStar to enhance Starlink direct-to-cell phone performance. The sale ends EchoStar's plans to build its own ...