This Company Created an In-Car Signal Booster for SpaceX's Starlink Mobile
SpaceX’s satellite-to-phone service, Starlink Mobile, is getting its own third-party accessory for use inside a car. Currently, Starlink Mobile is exclusive to T-Mobile in the US as T-Satellite, providing phone access in cellular dead zones, such as remote or rural areas. This week, the company began marketing the $149.99 product to customers who frequently drive in cellular dead zones.
- ▪SpaceX’s satellite-to-phone service, Starlink Mobile, is getting its own third-party accessory for use inside a car.
- ▪Currently, Starlink Mobile is exclusive to T-Mobile in the US as T-Satellite, providing phone access in cellular dead zones, such as remote or rural areas.
- ▪This week, the company began marketing the $149.99 product to customers who frequently drive in cellular dead zones.
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SpaceX’s satellite-to-phone service, Starlink Mobile, is getting its own third-party accessory for use inside a car. Currently, Starlink Mobile is exclusive to T-Mobile in the US as T-Satellite, providing phone access in cellular dead zones, such as remote or rural areas. But the service can struggle to send signals to phones sitting inside a vehicle, which is where Utah-based Wilson Connectivity's weBoost Sky signal booster comes in.No modification or extra hardware is required for the weBoost Sky, described as "the world’s first vehicle signal booster engineered specifically to strengthen satellite direct-to-device connectivity." There's a roof-mounted antenna and a long cable that runs through the vehicle to connect to an “in-cabin antenna,” which relays the signal to a…
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