Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell Coverage Now Available to Some Apple iPhone Users in Beta Mode

T-Mobile opened beta registration to a limited number of users in December.

Apple products at an Apple Store in Columbia, Md., on June 20, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Some Apple iPhone devices are now eligible to test SpaceX-owned Starlink’s direct-to-cell capability, which provides phone coverage from space, according to T-Mobile, a telecommunications company and partner in the program.

The American spacecraft manufacturer, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, and T-Mobile are currently beta-testing the Starlink cell network after receiving conditional approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last November.