Starlink has a contentious relationship with their D2D launch partner T-Mobile. This explains a lot of the rumors about them acquiring a terrestrial network.
https://tmfassociates.com/blog/2026/06/26/fever-pitch/
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NaziSalutingGrifter
Starlink’s LTE band 25 has better reach than traditional satellite phones. They could get away with a Google Fi approach and piece together cheap MVNO coverage and still kick the a-s of classic terrestrial carriers.
You watch. With all those satellites in space Musk will cut ties with T mobile and start buying smaller carriers to open up his own phone company. He is way ahead of everyone with the future of the call world. “Can you here me now”