The iPhones have been qualified to test Starlink’s direct direct connection to mobile phone connection, which provides satellite internet coverage, US operator T-Mobile, a program partner, said.
T-Mobile and Spacex, controlled by Elon Musk, are currently testing Starlink’s mobile network experimental after receiving the approval of the US Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (FCC) in November last year.
The test offers “satellite text” and voice and data features will be added in the future, T-Mobile said.
Initially, the operator listed only a few Android smartphones as eligible for testing the network, but now added iPhones equipped with the latest IOS 18.3 operating system update.
In October last year, FCC allowed Spacex and T-Mobile to qualify Starlink satellites with direct connection with mobile telephone cells to provide coverage for mobile phones in US North Carolina state areas. by Hurricane Helene.
