Starlink says $17 billion spectrum purchase will improve its cellphone service.

U.S. telecommunications company EchoStar announced Monday plans to sell spectrum licenses to SpaceX for $17 billion, allowing the aerospace company to expand its broadband service…

Starlink plans to use the spectrum to improve its satellite cell service.

Starlink says $17 billion spectrum purchase will improve its cellphone service.

The spectrum purchase allows SpaceX to expand the cell network’s capacity and help ‘end mobile dead zones’.

The deal is the most aggressive signal yet that SpaceX wants to rule the satellite-to-phone market.