SpaceX has made no secret of its plans to turn Starlink Mobile into a full-fledged US carrier, and last month it bought more spectrum to help make that happen. What it still lacks is a ground network, and last week T-Mobile’s CEO ruled out letting Starlink Mobile run on his company’s network. Now, according to a new report, Elon Musk may have found a way around that problem, and it’s called Boost Mobile.
SpaceX has allegedly held talks with Boost’s parent company EchoStar in recent months, and Musk personally met with EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen in October. The potential deal could see… Elon Musk’s SpaceX may buy Boost Mobile to make Starlink into a full-fledged carrier.
The potential deal could see SpaceX buy Boost Mobile outright, or just gain access to its network, which Boost leases from AT&T and T-Mobile. Either way, it would let SpaceX offer service over traditional cell towers indoors and in cities, where its satellite signal isn’t currently strong enough. Musk reportedly asked the heads of all the big three US carriers – Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile – to give SpaceX access to their networks, and all three said no, it wasn’t just the magenta carrier.
That could still come back to bite Musk, since a carrier’s lease agreement typically can’t be transferred to a new owner without the host carrier’s permission.
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