Space X Trojan Horsed their way into the cell phone industry thru T Mobile originally with their direct to satellite messaging for “emergencies” when cell phone service was unavailable. A few days ago, T Mobile quietly removed any reference to Space X btw, but still offers the service per contractual agreement.

Space X is now turning satellite receivers into small cell phone towers and will be paying people who invest in the upgraded units to provide coverage to others. Soon, Tesla cars are going to be built with satellite receivers that do the same thing.

And then they will be a cell phone company. And the Big 3 carriers are shaking lol. The fierce competitors are still dismissing Musks plans as fantasy, but they are also making all sorts of deals with each other that would have been unfathomable a few months ago. And all 3 are investing in a low earth orbit satellite competitor to Space X that is trying to get going, while at the same time publicly claiming Space X ideas for LEO cell phone coverage will never work…

Interesting times. Musk now owns $19 billion worth of wireless spectrum he bought from EchoStar (Dish) and is ready to put it to use.

While slow moving corporations mull how to react, no doubt the mind of Elon is multiple steps ahead. They will probably invest billions into a bunch of individual ideas to counter him while never achieving the integration or synthesis his plans will have going for them.

Amazon, Space X’s top competitor in LEO satellites has struggled to get a few hundred satellites up, while Elon has over 11,000 in place already.

Interesting times for sure.

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