T-Mobile and Starlink’s satellite messaging will enter beta soon. Here’s ho

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• T-Mobile’s satellite messaging system — made in partnership with Starlink — is entering a beta phase soon.
• This will allow you to send text messages using non-terrestrial networks for any reason, not just emergencies.
• You can register your interest in joining the beta today.

For over a year now, we’ve heard rumblings of T-Mobile and Starlink working together to bring non-terrestrial network (NTN) messaging to T-Mobile customers. This will allow anyone to send text messages for any reason in any place, regardless of whether or not there is traditional cell service at that moment. Currently, some phones can do this for emergency situations, but no commercial smartphones in the US can do this for any other purpose.

Today, T-Mobile has finally announced that satellite messaging is nearly here. To start, the company is rolling out a beta program specifically for T-Mobile customers. If you are currently with T-Mobile, you can follow the instructions below to register your intent. The good news is that anyone in the beta will be able to send satellite messages free of charge! Of course, that will almost certainly not continue once the beta period ends.




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