T-Mobile sweetens the deal for Starlink satellite internet beta testers

T-Mobile may be taking its sweet time rolling out the Starlink beta it announced during the Super Bowl in February, but the carrier is also sweetening the deal for those who test the satellite internet beta. It’s been known for years that T-Mobile would be SpaceX’s first carrier partner for bringing Starlink internet service to phones. SpaceX and T-Mobile announced the news at a joint event in August 2022. We finally started seeing the first pieces of the collaboration at the start of 2025 when T-Mobile and SpaceX used Starlink to offer text messaging to those affected by the wildfires in LA. Then T-Mobile finally announced how the service would be offered in February. It was somewhat of a surprise when T-Mobile said it planned to sell Starlink access to customers using other carriers. More surprising was that T-Mobile promised to let anyone using any mobile phone service try the satellite internet service for free over the summer. Now, in addition to trying out T-Mobile Starlink fo ... Read full article.