T-Mobile/SpaceX to Launch T-Satellite Service July 23

The T-Mobile/SpaceX direct-to-device service will be commercially available starting July 23, T-Mobile said Monday. The service, T-Satellite, will include SMS texting, multimedia messaging service and picture messaging, it said. Starting Oct. 1, it will expand to offer data service, T-Mobile added. It said the service will automatically connect with most smartphones made in the past four years, and recent beta testing had nearly 1.8 million users.