SpaceX's mobile ambitions jolt US telecom market, analysts debate threat

Aug 4 : SpaceX's ambition to build a full-fledged mobile service rattled investors in the U.S. wireless sector on Tuesday, as the company outlined plans that could eventually pit Starlink against industry leaders Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile.

SpaceX acquired 65 megahertz of wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar for a total of $19.6 billion through two deals announced last year, giving Starlink airwaves to expand into mobile services.

"The spectrum that we purchased from EchoStar does have terrestrial components, so we definitely intend to build out terrestrial," SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said during a post-earnings call on Tuesday.

Shotwell said the company will build the infrastructure needed to make Starlink "a true mobile service" and expects to win "quite a few" customers from the Big Three wireless carriers.

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