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A SpaceX building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., in May, 2020.David J. Phillip\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

SpaceX SPCX-T<\/a> struck a deal on Thursday to acquire a nationwide low-band spectrum portfolio, positioning Elon Musk\u2019s satellite venture to mount a direct, orbital challenge to legacy wireless giants across the United States.<\/p>\n

While Starlink Mobile\u2019s existing global 2 GHz mid-band spectrum will provide high-bandwidth capacity, the new spectrum will enable its signal to pass through obstacles. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.<\/p>\n

The move accelerates billionaire Musk\u2019s ambitions to bypass traditional wireless infrastructure and deliver cellular connectivity directly from orbit to smartphones.<\/p>\n

Low-band frequencies are prized in telecommunications for their ability to travel longer distances and penetrate dense structures such as walls and tree cover, addressing a major technical hurdle previously faced by satellite-based mobile networks.<\/p>\n

The transaction, which involves acquiring 100 per cent of private-equity firm Grain Management\u2019s nationwide 800 MHz spectrum portfolio, remains subject to regulatory approval by the Federal Communications Commission.<\/p>\n

Telecom shares fell as investors fear that competition from SpaceX could spark an aggressive price war and erode their share in the already saturated U.S. wireless market.<\/p>\n

Shares of T-Mobile U.S. TMUS-Q<\/a>, Verizon VZ-N<\/a> and AT&T T-N<\/a> fell more than 5 per cent in extended trading.<\/p>\n

The Federal Communications Commission also approved Starlink Mobile\u2019s Gen2 constellation application this week, authorizing SpaceX to launch 15,000 satellites that are optimized for 2 GHz spectrum globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: A SpaceX building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,66,306,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-925897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-science","tag-space","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=925897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}