SpaceX buys spectrum for Starlink to become a full-fledged US mobile carrier

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has just acquired up to 14MHz of paired spectrum in the 800MHz band nationwide in the US, from Grain Management. Musk says this is "the last critical piece of the spectrum puzzle needed for SpaceX to provide complete phone coverage in America". So the aim here is clear. Use Starlink satellites to provide mobile phone coverage outdoors, and this 800MHz spectrum to provide indoor coverage. Most existing smartphones already support this band. Starlink Mobile will also use its existing global 2GHz mid-band spectrum for high-speed, high-capacity coverage in the US (mainly...