SpaceX Acquires $17 Billion Spectrum from EchoStar for Starlink Mobile Service
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SpaceX has agreed to buy spectrum licenses from EchoStar for $17 billion to enhance its Starlink satellite network, enabling a direct-to-phone internet service with improved 5G capabilities, reducing reliance on other network providers, and ending EchoStar's own satellite ambitions.
- SpaceX strikes $17B deal to buy EchoStar’s spectrum for Starlink’s direct-to-phone service TechCrunch
- Musk’s SpaceX to Buy EchoStar Spectrum for $17 Billion Bloomberg.com
- SpaceX buys wireless spectrum from EchoStar in $17 billion deal Reuters
- MDA loses $1.8-billion satellite contract with EchoStar The Globe and Mail
- SpaceX Purchasing Wireless Spectrum Licenses From EchoStar For $17 Billion Forbes
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