SpaceX plans Starlink mobile service to rival U.S. carriers
Key takeaways
- Space X plans Starlink mobile service to rival U.S. carriers Space X plans Starlink mobile service to rival U.S.
- SpaceX did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.
- The disclosure represents a more ambitious direction than SpaceX's existing arrangement.
Space X plans Starlink mobile service to rival U.S. carriers Space X plans Starlink mobile service to rival U.S. carriers · Quartz · Nur Photo / Getty Images Colleen Cabili Fri, June 26, 2026 at 10:05 PM GMT+7 2 min read SPCX TMUS VZ T A push into direct consumer sales of mobile service — one that would place Space X alongside Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile as a rival — is now in the company's plans, the Financial Times reported, drawing on people with knowledge of the situation.
At a recent IPO roadshow, investors heard from President Gwynne Shotwell that a retail Starlink product is under consideration and that SpaceX might construct its own ground-based mobile network in the United States, Reuters reported. SpaceX did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.
The disclosure represents a more ambitious direction than SpaceX's existing arrangement. Through its existing T-Mobile arrangement, SpaceX beams a supplemental signal from orbit to fill coverage gaps in areas that ground-based towers cannot serve. Selling under its own retail banner would allow SpaceX to reach subscribers without routing business through the carrier partnerships that today mediate access to its satellite network.