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“LABOUR HELD SECRET MEETING WITH TOP ISRAELI ARMS FIRM”

by John McEvoy in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK
@UKLabour

“Exclusive: Home Office met with Elbit Systems amid crackdown on Palestine Action, documents reveal”

https://www.declassifieduk.org/labour-held-secret-meeting-with-top-israeli-arms-firm/

#Press #UK #Starmer #Labour #Elbit #Meeting #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #PalestineAction #Intelligence #Cell


T-Mobile just made Starlink Upgrade free for iPhone & Android.

T-Mobile’s Starlink-powered direct-to-cell satellite messaging service is now open for anyone in the US to try for free. The service will be limited to text messaging at first but the company hopes to have some apps and even limited multimedia support ready by the time it goes live this summer.

https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/satellite-phone-service

#tmobile #starlink #direct #to #cell #messaging #it #engineer #media #tech #news
Mike Katz, T-Mobile’s president of marketing, strategy and products told The Washington Post that messages with photos or video clips will be added by the end of the beta period in July. Katz also expects the satellite service to work with apps that “don’t require super-fast data connections,” such as certain trail/mapping services and WhatsApp.

<https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/09/tmobile-starlink-satellite-texting/>

“We’ll be working with a bunch of app manufacturers to create features in their apps that can optimize to the available bandwidth of the satellite network,” Katz said.

Registrations for the free beta opened in December, after T-Mobile and Starlink tested direct-to-cell emergency alerts and texts in disaster zones last year. T-Mobile says it’s accepting users who register on a “rolling first-come, first-served basis,” but quietly discloses that there are “limited spots available” in the fine print.

<https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/satellite-phone-service#:~:text=rolling%20first%2Dcome%2C%20first%2Dserved%20basis>

The Starlink-enabled service works on “most smartphones from the last four years” according to T-Mobile, which lists currently compatible devices from Apple, Google, Motorola, Samsung and REVVL on its website.


T-Mobile Users can try Starlink-enabled Phone Service for free during Beta.

T-Mobile's announcement said the service using Starlink's low-Earth orbit satellites will "provide coverage for the 500,000 square miles of land in the United States not covered by earth-bound cell towers."

https://www.t-mobile.com/news/network/t-mobile-starlink-direct-to-cell-beta-registration

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Starlink parent SpaceX has so far launched over 300 satellites with direct-to-cell capabilities.

The registration page says, "We expect the beta to begin in early 2025, starting with texting and expanding to data and voice over time. The beta is open to all T-Mobile postpaid customers for free, but capacity is limited."

<https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/satellite-phone-service>

While not yet ready for full commercial service, T-Mobile Starlink was turned on temporarily to provide a critical communication option for those without any other means to reach emergency responders and loved ones during Hurricanes Helene and Milton," the carrier said. "Even without the full constellation in place, customers with capable devices were able to receive critical emergency alerts and send and receive messages when satellites were overhead."

T-Mobile said the Starlink-enabled service will be "much more user friendly" than previous satellite phone services. The carrier said "users will not need to hold their phone up to search for a signal. Both inbound and outbound messages are sent and received just like any other message."

T-Mobile also said there are parts of the US where it will likely never offer coverage from cell towers. T-Mobile Starlink will "make the phone in your pocket work in areas of the US that have never, and probably never will, have ground based coverage," said T-Mobile President of Marketing, Strategy and Products Mike Katz.