Not all frequencies work in all regions, due to multitude of ITU restrictions on certain bands in certain areas. No. 2 band is most likely to work in most places, but not "everywhere on earth".
On non-Apple side The first chip to offer connection for 1-2 is Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (with the proper antenna, modem software and manufacturer settings). Most Snapdragon 8Gen2 don't have this.
The first phones to openly guarantee support for 1-2 came out in 2024 (some Huawei, BKK phones, Google Pixel 9 series).
So "All" is a very tiny sub-population of smartphone users. Of course, this will grow, as people upgrade their phones.
This means that cell phone towers are getting connected to Starlink dishes. That's an important step in developing the infrastructure, making it far more accessible on the terrestrial side.
This is about direct mobile to satellite connections.
You have to coordinate the bands / frequencies with geographical telecom operators, as you are working on their bough / licensed bands.
Hence, "working with Verizon" etc.
Starlink sat connections don't have 1/1000th of the bandwidth cf multimode fiber to work as mobile network backhaul. So no , they won't be used for that.
And as far as fragility goes, LEO sat connections are much more prone to interferences than fiber optic dug underground.
Again the headlines are wrong.
Starlink/SpaceX uses for earth-space mobile connections (TV/mobile broadband with dishes work on diff freqs):
Not all frequencies work in all regions, due to multitude of ITU restrictions on certain bands in certain areas. No. 2 band is most likely to work in most places, but not "everywhere on earth".
On non-Apple side The first chip to offer connection for 1-2 is Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (with the proper antenna, modem software and manufacturer settings). Most Snapdragon 8Gen2 don't have this.
The first phones to openly guarantee support for 1-2 came out in 2024 (some Huawei, BKK phones, Google Pixel 9 series).
So "All" is a very tiny sub-population of smartphone users. Of course, this will grow, as people upgrade their phones.
IPhone users are fukked from iPhone 14 forwards.
Ref: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/SpaceX-T-Mobile-Technical-Narrative.pdf
This means that cell phone towers are getting connected to Starlink dishes. That's an important step in developing the infrastructure, making it far more accessible on the terrestrial side.
This is about direct mobile to satellite connections.
You have to coordinate the bands / frequencies with geographical telecom operators, as you are working on their bough / licensed bands.
Hence, "working with Verizon" etc.
Starlink sat connections don't have 1/1000th of the bandwidth cf multimode fiber to work as mobile network backhaul. So no , they won't be used for that.
And as far as fragility goes, LEO sat connections are much more prone to interferences than fiber optic dug underground.
Thanks for sharing.
I did some reseach and discovered that they are launching Starlink satellites with this capability.
Which will support eID infrastructure which will be the centerpiece of Trump/Musk in 25