It’s a big day for T-Mobile and Starlink as the two celebrate the successful test of its wireless emergency alert (WEA) via satellite connection.
Earlier today, T-Mobile initiated a test alert for a hypothetical evacuation notice at around 5:13 pm PT. T-Mobile says that the alert “was sent 217 miles into space where it was received by one of the more than 175 Starlink direct-to-smartphone satellites currently in low earth orbit that effectively function as cell towers in space. The alert was then broadcast to a geographic area impacted by the hypothetical evacuation notice and received by a T-Mobile smartphone.”
The Un-carrier says that it only took seconds for the alert to queue up and deliver over satellite.
With this achievement, T-Mobile is confident that it can soon make dead spots in the country a thing of the past. Once its satellite connectivity with Starlink gets activated, subscribers of other networks will also be able to get the emergency alert.
Source: T-Mobile
