SpaceX's Satellite Connectivity for Phones

Uh, it, it, it will allow

SpaceX to ha- uh, deliver

high bandwidth

connectivity directly from the satellites to the phones.

Um, but, uh, there are hardware changes that need to

happen in the phone. So the... Since these frequencies

are not supported in current

phones, uh, they, the chipset has to be modified to

in- add these frequencies. Um, and that probably is a two-year

timeframe. So the phones that, um, are able to use the

spectrum that was acquired probably start shipping in around two years.

Um, and, um,

a- and then we also need to build the

satellites that are gonna communicate on

those frequencies. So in parallel with building the

satellites and

working with the handset makers to add these frequencies to the phones,

um, and then the, the satellites and the phones will then handshake

very well to achieve high bandwidth connectivity.

But the, the net effect is that you should be able to watch, uh,

videos, uh,

anywhere on your phone-

Wow.

From space

And it's gonna be crazy.

And what... And, and do these, do these frequencies,

would they work indoors,

inside buildings, you know, like-

Yes

... like your phone currently does? Okay. Well.

And so will you be able to have basically like-

No, if you, if you, if you're in a building with a, with a,

like a, a thick metal

roof, then no. But, um-

No, the sa- the same types of, of, uh-

Yeah, yeah. Normal-

Yeah

... normal homes. Yes.

Yeah.

Yes.

Elon, is your vision-

Um-

... for this that instead of, you know, having an AT&T account or, and then

roaming when you're in the UK or you're in India, it's just we could

have one direct deal with Starlink, it works all over the world,

eventually, not today, but at some point. Is that the end goal?

That basically we don't need a-

Yeah

... regional carrier, we have a global carrier, and

that would be you?

Uh, that, that would be one of the options.

To be clear, we're not, we're not gonna put the other carriers out

of business.

They're still gonna be around, 'cause they, they own a lot of spectrum.

So, uh, there's, uh...

But, but yes, you'll, you should be able to have a Starlink, uh,

like you have,

like you have an AT&T or T-Mobile or Verizon or whatever.

You should be able...

You, you could have a, a, uh, you know, account with Starlink that, uh,

works with your, you know, Starlink,

uh, antenna at home, w- uh, for your Wi-Fi as well as on

your phone.

And, um,

yeah, it would be a comprehensive solution for

high bandwidth at home

and for high bandwidth direct to cell, uh, mobile phone.

Could you buy some carriers to have more

spectrum?

Maybe you could buy them