AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon announced a joint venture on May 14, 2026 to pool spectrum and compete in the direct-to-device satellite market. The move is widely seen as a reaction to SpaceX's Starlink Mobile expansion, its $17 billion EchoStar spectrum acquisition, and an impending IPO that could value SpaceX at $1.75 trillion. Here is what the JV means for consumers and whether it can slow Starlink down.
America’s three largest wireless carriers, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon, announced on On May 14, 2026 that they had agreed in principle to form a joint venture aimed at pooling their spectrum resources to expand satellite-based direct-to-device (D2D) ... [12075 chars]