SpaceX has lined up a variety of carrier partners for the service around the world and will be working with T-Mobile in the US exclusively at least the first year. T-Mobile and SpaceX first announced plans for using Starlink to bolster T-Mobile's cell coverage back in 2022, with the plan to initially support SMS texting and eventually voice and data as well. In its notice, the FCC approved SpaceX to use "all 7,500 satellites in its authorized Gen2 system" for cell coverage, though the agency continued "to defer SpaceX's request to deploy additional Gen2 Starlink satellites beyond the total 7,500 satellites previously authorized" including "the remaining 22,488 satellites" the company would like to deploy for the service. During Hurricanes Irene and Milton earlier this year the carrier and space company got temporary approval by the FCC to use Starlink to send emergency alerts and enable texting via satellite for people affected by the storms. With the new formal approval, SpaceX's Ben Longmier posted that the company hopes to enable beta access for employees in the US "soon." Thank you to @NASA , @NTIAgov , @NSF , for their coordination work with us, and all of our telco partners, especially @TMobile ! We hope to activate employee beta service in the US soon.