2025-01-29 10:21:00 :
(Reuters) -In said that according to the partner of the plan, T -Mobile said that Apple’s iPhone device is now qualified to test the direct battery capacity of Starlink owned by SpaceX, which can provide coverage.
T-Mobile and Elon Musk’s SpaceX is currently being tried on the Starlink cell network after being approved by the Federal Communications Commission in November last year.
According to the T-Mobile website, the test provides “text through satellite”, and voice and data functions will be added in the future.
T-Mobile initially only listed some Android smartphones as a qualified device to test the network, but now add iPhone devices, including the latest iOS 18.3 software update.
Bloomberg News first reported on Tuesday that Apple, SpaceX and T-Mobile have been secretly trying to increase support for network support to its latest iPhone software.
Apple and SpaceX did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests to comment outside the regular working hours.
In October last year, FCC allowed SpaceX and T-Mobile to enable Starlink satellites with directly to cell ability to provide the coverage of mobile phones attacked by Hurricane, North Carolina, North Carolina.
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