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Title: T-Mobile and Starlink team up to offer satellite texting during LA fires Post by: HCK on January 16, 2025, 04:05:10 pm T-Mobile and Starlink team up to offer satellite texting during LA fires
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/T-Mobile-and-Starlink-team-up-to-offer-satellite-texting-in-LA-where-cellular-service-is-out.webp?w=1500)</div><p>If you have an <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone-14/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iPhone 14[/url] or later, you can <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/10/dont-have-a-connection-ios-18-lets-you-send-messages-with-your-iphone-over-satellite/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">send text messages via satellite[/url] where cellular service is unavailable. This can be particularly valuable in emergency situations like the Los Angeles wildfires, where cellphone masts have been damaged or destroyed.</p> <p>T-Mobile and Starlink have now teamed up to offer the same capability to owners of phones without this feature … </p> <a data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="spacex,t-mobile" data-layer-viewtype="unknown" data-post-id="985360" href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/10/t-mobile-and-starlink-team-up-to-offer-satellite-texting-during-la-fires/#more-985360" class="more-link">more…[/url] Source: T-Mobile and Starlink team up to offer satellite texting during LA fires (https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/10/t-mobile-and-starlink-team-up-to-offer-satellite-texting-during-la-fires/) |