Wireless carrier T-Mobile announced the availability and pricing details of its T-Mobile Starlink service during the Super Bowl, indicating that the service is open beyond T-Mobile customers.
The company has begun taking sign-ups for the T-Mobile Starlink beta, and access will be free until it exits beta in July. The carrier will allow customers of competing carriers to test T-Mobile Starlink beta for free as well. No need to switch carriers.
Once complete, T-Mobile customers will be able to add the satellite-based service to any plan for $15/month. In the event that you don’t have a T-Mobile account, T-Mobile will offer access to the service for $20/month.
T-Mobile offered the following technical specifications:
T-Mobile Starlink uses specially configured satellites with Direct-to-Cell capabilities orbiting the Earth 200+ miles up in space and traveling at over 17,000 miles per hour to deliver cell phone signals — text messages for now with picture messages, data, and voice calls coming later — to and from locations traditional cell towers can’t reach (aka mobile dead zones).
The service is available through T-Mobile’s partnership with SpaceX, and Apple’s iOS 18.3 operating system enables iPhone users to opt out of their carrier’s satellite connected features, but the software update does not install Starlink on every iPhone.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.