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SpaceX’s ambitious, expensive gamble to replace AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon
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Cell service isn’t rocket ships or flying cars, but it could be a booming business for SpaceX.
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Today, I’m talking with Walter Piecyk, a partner and analyst at LightShed Partners who covers tech, media, and telecom, about SpaceX’s recently announced plan to become a major wireless carrier.
Last week, SpaceX agreed to buy a big chunk of low-band spectrum to expand the Starlink network, spectrum that’s been traded around the telecom business for decades now. SpaceX’s ambitious plan is to use that spectrum to help build “the world’s most advanced mobile network.”