Elon Musk used SpaceX's (NASDAQ:SPCX) first earnings call to lay out an aggressive vision for Starlink Mobile, telling analysts the EchoStar (NASDAQ:ECHO) spectrum deal sets up a massive capability jump for direct-to-phone service.
'100 Times Better' Network "We have 65 MHz of bandwidth available to us through the EchoStar spectrum, which gives a massive increase in capability," Musk said on SpaceX's conference call.
"Another way to look at it is we will also probably 10x the number of satellites.
So simplifying, you could look at the Starlink Mobile leveraging the next-generation satellite and the EchoStar spectrum as being 100 times better — 10 times 10 — than what we've got right now." Read Also: SpaceX Is Stuffing Its Rockets With Starlink — And Everyone Else Is Getting Shut Out Musk added that the upgraded network will support "voice and video calls over Signal and WhatsApp," and pointed to reliability as a key selling point.
"We will eliminate dead zones, leveraging basically the satellites in orbit.
