T-Mobile is utilizing Starlink in the United States, and the satellite operator has collaborations with providers overseas. With today’s FCC permission, Starlink will have the ability to offer both repaired and mobile service from all 15,000 second-generation satellites.

SpaceX wishes to release another 15,000 satellites

SpaceX likewise just recently struck a $17 billion offer to purchase spectrum licenses from EchoStar, which will offer it 50 Mhz of mobile spectrum and minimize its dependence on cellular providers. SpaceX has actually been renting 10 MHz of spectrum from T-Mobile to supply extra service in the United States.

Starlink is independently preparing to introduce yet another 15,000 satellites that are created for mobile service. SpaceX asked the FCC to authorize this strategy in September 2025, stating the “brand-new system will use a brand-new generation of MSS connection, supporting voice, texting, and high-speed information.”

Starlink ask for FCC permission frequently deal with opposition from other satellite companies, and the application for 15,000 more satellites is no exception. Viasat submitted a petition to reject the application on Monday today.

“This suggested growth of SpaceX’s operating authority would provide it an even higher capability and reward to foreclose other operators from accessing and utilizing minimal orbital and spectrum resources on a competitive basis,” Viasat informed the FCC. “At the very same time, the proposed operations would create overwhelming disturbance threats for other spectrum users and the clients they serve, prevent other operators from accessing and utilizing limited spectral and orbital resources on a fair basis, weaken and foreclose competitors and development, and otherwise damage the general public.”

Globalstar likewise submitted a petition to reject, and a number of other satellite operators raised objections. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has actually usually been an advocate of SpaceX and Elon Musk. Carr declared that the Biden administration targeted Musk’s business for “regulative harassment,” and in his present function as chairman Carr pressed EchoStar into offering the spectrum licenses that SpaceX is now purchasing.

In today’s news release revealing the current permission, Carr stated that “the FCC has actually offered SpaceX the thumbs-up to provide unmatched satellite broadband abilities, reinforce competitors, and assist guarantee that no neighborhood is left.”