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Starlink is expanding its satellite communications to your pocket.

The company will start off small as LTEphoneswill only have the ability to send text messages sometime in 2024.

Starlink Direct to Cell text message

There cant be anything getting in the way of thesatellitessignal.

It appears Direct to Cell will mainly be for businesses that want remote cellular connectivity.

At the time of this writing, the service isnt present on the companys Personal usage website.

T-Mobil;e CEO Mike Sievert and Elon Musk

SMS, MMS, and participating messaging apps were supposed to be part of the program.

Perhaps it just wasnt ready yet.

This story will be updated at a later time.

Its unknown exactly when everything will go live in 2024.

SpaceX has been pushing the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) to hurry up with processing their satellite applications.

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