TL;DR: SpaceX and T-Mobile have launched Starlink Direct-to-Cellular service in Southern California during the horrific wildfires to provide wireless emergency alerts, SMS, and 911 texting.

It looks like T-Mobile is now accepting customers into the free beta program for SpaceX’s cellular Starlink service—but only if you have the latest Samsung handsets. On Tuesday, a number of T ...

Last week, several T-Mobile users shared on social media that they had received access to the carrier's Starlink beta progrram, which was announced last month. The program aims to eliminate dead ...

SpaceX's cellular Starlink system has delivered free satellite connectivity to 198,000 users in areas of Los Angeles affected by the wildfires, according to T-Mobile. The carrier revealed the ...

(T-Mobile Photo) T-Mobile has opened up direct-to-cellular emergency texting over SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network on a temporary basis in areas affected by this week’s catastrophic ...

Apple Inc. has been secretly working with SpaceX and T-Mobile US Inc. to add support for the Starlink network in its latest iPhone software, providing an alternative to the company’s in-house ...

If it works, SpaceX’s Starlink satellites will be able to connect ... done globally with major cellular partners of SpaceX like T-Mobile in the U.S. SpaceX’s partnership with T-Mobile ...

Several users who signed up for the T-Mobile satellite messaging service ... for a direct-to-cell satellite service beta test with Starlink in December. The first report of the beta going live ...