Starlink and SpaceX discuss buying Boost Mobile

Reports suggest Starlink and SpaceX have held recent talks to acquire Echostar’s Boost Mobile prepaid brand as part of an effort to build a hybrid satellite-terrestrial mobile network. The author argues that this smartphone expansion is a doomed and misleading effort, noting that Boost Mobile is merely an MVNO relying on other networks and that competing directly with major cellular providers would cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Open article →