Carrier heavyweight warns that helping SpaceX could come back to bite the big three

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Höttges also warned carriers against entering into MVNO agreements with SpaceX, arguing that such partnerships could hurt their own businesses. SpaceX's spectrum deal isn't enough to worry this carrier heavyweight. SpaceX is a space company based in Hawthorne.

TL;DR T-Mobile’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom, is casting doubt on SpaceX’s ambitions to become the fourth major US wireless carrier. CEO Tim Höttges argues that satellite connectivity can’t replace traditional cellular networks in densely populated areas and that SpaceX faces major infrastructure challenges. SpaceX’s major announcement from last week has had the big three US carriers on the defensive.