Qualcomm has established a collaboration with SpaceX aimed at providing crucial equipment for the 5G infrastructure of the Starlink Mobile service in the United States. The company, widely recognized for producing Snapdragon processors, will act as a supplier of both hardware and software to enable the future telephony led by Elon Musk.
This agreement represents what Qualcomm itself describes as the company's largest 5G contract to date, with deployments scheduled to begin in 2027. With this, the manufacturer enters the American market for chips intended for telecommunication towers, competing against giants such as Broadcom and Intel. Additionally, Qualcomm provides similar components for the Japanese and Vietnamese markets.
It is relevant to note that Starlink obtained approval from the FCC, the agency equivalent to Anatel in the US, to launch a constellation composed of up to 15,000 satellites, specifically focused on the mobile network in the coming years. Currently, Starlink Mobile is operational using 650 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), in conjunction with T-Mobile.
This partnership with Qualcomm indicates SpaceX's planned service expansion. With the terrestrial infrastructure functioning, the network has the potential to cover the entire national territory, integrating satellite signals with telephone towers. This structure could give Elon Musk's company a competitive advantage over future rivals, such as AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile itself.
According to Qualcomm, its devices will enable a multi-band network capable of operating across various stages and transcending the simple implementation of terrestrial 5G. The proposal involves using the company's technology to relay radio and network signals between service users.
While Elon Musk's company plans service expansion in the US, there is a recent agreement in Brazil with Vivo, one of the country's largest operators. This pact, initially confirmed by Tecnoblog, inaugurates the first satellite telephony service integrated with an operator in the Brazilian scenario.
In Brazil, Starlink is already demonstrating superiority over traditional broadband internet providers. Last month, Anatel reported that Musk's company registered more accesses than TIM, in addition to being the operator with the highest growth in August, totaling 65 thousand new subscribers.



