Soon it won't matter. Today, T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS) announced that it successfully sent and received - for the first time ever in the U.S. - a wireless emergency alert (WEA) via satellite.

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Hurricanes, tornadoes, fires - the type of catastrophic events that often trigger a wireless emergency alert - don't care about wireless coverage zones. Soon it won't matter. Today, T-Mobile ...

T-Mobile this week announced it sent and received a wireless emergency alert (WEA) via satellite. In doing so, the carrier claims the trial is the first of its kind in the US and said that the ...

For the first time, T-Mobile has used SpaceX’s cellular Starlink satellites in space to beam an emergency alert to a phone on the ground. The alert was sent on Sept. 5, when T-Mobile kicked ...

T-Mobile, which is working with SpaceX to let people text and make phone calls over satellite, says it has successfully sent a test emergency alert via a Starlink satellite. Satellite alerts can ...

(Photo: Business Wire) Today, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) announced that it successfully sent and received - for the first time ever in the U.S. - a wireless emergency alert (WEA) via satellite. The ...