What you need to know about the T-Mobile Starlink mobile service

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A Verizon or AT&T customer can use T-Mobile Starlink by activating a second eSIM on their device. “They will technically be assigned a T-Mobile number, but that’s just to provision the device to access the constellation. And then the second eSIM can connect whenever the user loses coverage,” a T-Mobile spokesperson told Mobile World Live.

T-Mobile suggested that international roaming will be available with other carriers that also partner with Starlink. T-Mobile said a “growing alliance” of telcos “aims to provide reciprocal roaming for all participating carriers.” Participating carriers so far include ones in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Chile, Peru, Canada, and Ukraine.

How to sign up

To use T-Mobile Starlink now, you need to register for a beta trial and hope you get in quickly. “The beta test is free and open to anyone—on any carrier—until July,” T-Mobile said.

There is a short registration form in which you’ll provide your name, email address, and mobile phone number, and agree that T-Mobile can contact you with marketing offers by email or phone. “We’ll admit people on a rolling first-come, first-served basis, so we encourage everyone to sign up as soon as possible,” T-Mobile said.

T-Mobile said it is enrolling users “on an ongoing basis to help test the system and provide feedback before launching in July.” Beta registration began in December. Early reports from beta testers suggest the service usually does what T-Mobile claims—enabling texting in areas with no cellular access—but that users still can’t get connections in some areas.

What it costs

When the free beta trial ends, T-Mobile customers will be able to add Starlink service to their plan for an extra charge of $15 per month for each line. If you sign up for the beta during February or if you signed up before then, T-Mobile says you’ll get a $5 discount for early adopters once the service transitions from a free beta to a paid add-on. T-Mobile users with the early adopter discount will pay $10 a month starting in July 2025, the company said.

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